Record ID: NMGW-4B2431
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy zoomorphic figurine, probably a weight in the form of a horse, now damaged and incomplete, represented by the front of the animal (with a surviving length of 32.5mm, a maximum surviving height of 22.1mm and a weight of 20.4g). The legs of the horse survive as short stubs and are projecting forward, suggesting the horse may have been depicted running. The figurine has a maximum width across the shoulders of 10.0mm. The mane is evident along the neck of the horse and the recessed eyes are discernible but all other surface detail has been lost. The find can be closely para…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C1B167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel or furniture leg The leg is complete and has a length of 64.3mm and a weight of 15.7g. The top of the leg has an L-shaped bracket (with a length of 11.2mm and a width of 5.3mm) to support a vessel above. Remnants of a white adhesive or solder are discernible on the surfaces of the bracket. The leg is of sub-lozenge section and has an undulating curve to the foot. The front of the leg is enhanced with moulded projections near the top and incised grooves around the mid-section. At the rear of the mid-section is an incomplete loop (7.8mm diameter), the interior …
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C46CB4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy vessel handle The handle is incomplete and is broken at one end, with a surviving length of 76.2mm and has a weight of 77.0g. The handle is deeply curved and is of lozenge section, with a thickness at the break of 9.1mm and a width of 7.4mm. At the top of the handle are zoomorphic figures, comprising a bird and horse. The seated bird, probably a duck, has a length of 37.0mm, a maximum width of 13.4mm and a height of 21.9mm. The feathers of the bird are depicted with transverse lines, forming chevrons at the rear. The horse is depicted on its back and is only represe…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-C4CF26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy inscribed plate, probably of Roman period date The plate is fragmentary and has a surviving length of 27.5mm surviving height of 20.9mm and a weight of 6.9g. The plate has a thickness of 2.5-2.8mm. The base of the fragment has an original edge, while the other edges are broken. The plate is curved across both its length and height. On the front of the plate is deeply incised lettering and decoration. The letter R is discernible after a ring-and –dot motif. Both appear to be within a double curved border outside of which is a hatched design. The plate has broken along th…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3CC116
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval loop-handle, probably from a chafing dish and of 15th or 16th century date The piece comprises a fragmentary handle and fitting or lug for attachment to the dish. The handle has a surviving length of 33.07mm and is of hexagonally-faceted section with a maximum thickness of 4.91mm and weighs 7.8g. The handle is represented by the area from within the lug and one of the diverging arms. The broken end of the hinge indicates that the missing arm would have diverged at a similar angle. The outside end of the handle is absent. The attachment lug is irregu…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-E6F8E6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped swivel of uncertain date, possibly Roman The fitting comprises two parts (with an overall length of 42.0mm and a weight of 20.2g), a looped peg inside a double-hooked frame with socket. The loop is circular (with a diameter of 19.2mm and an internal diameter of 12.4mm) and is of eroded sub-square section. Beneath the loop is a tapering plug, seemingly cast within a circular socket and is held by two strips, which engage with grooves in the plug. Each side of the socket has an integral hook (with a width of 39.3mm and a depth of 21.1mm). There is a decorative groove…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8EC6E8
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 55 pieces including a utilized blade, cooking pot body sherd, unfinished arrowhead, flakes, spalls, knapping debitage, natural flint, natural chert, gunflint, blades, retouched blade, core, scrapers, bifacially retouched flakes, leaf-shaped arrowhead, barbed and tanged arrowhead and knife or fabricator. Some of the flint is burnt.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-8FF741
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 509 pieces including leaf shaped arrowheads, arrowhead roughouts, knives, denticulated scrapers, scrapers, Ecaille Cores, single platform blade cores, multi-directional cores, core, blades, flakes, knapping debitage, natural stones, double platform blade cores, core rejuvination flakes, Natural flints, Awls, Utilized blades, Levallois flake, spall, natural quartz and a discoidal knife
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-576054
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry, farthing, 1663 BW Devon 28, 0.710g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8B24C4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy thimble, probably of 15th or early 16th century date The thimble is near-complete with a length of 20.1mm and a weight of 8.0g. The rim is slightly damaged and has a diameter of 20.5mm. The walls have a thickness of 1.8mm. The rim is plain and has no incised border. The thimble has ten rows of hand-punched indentations, which end before the rounded top of the thimble, giving a plain apex of 6.8mm diameter. The thimable has good surface preservation with a pale to mid-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.