- Carmarthenshire County Museum

Carmarthenshire County Museum

Artefacts



'Peter Williams' Bible'	£8 note issued by Carmarthenshire Bank	'Gloucester-Hereford-Carmarthen-Aberystwith' Coach, colour print	Bridget Vaughan, Mrs Bevan, oil painting by John Lewis


Carmarthen Bridge, pencil drawing by Hugh Hughes	Carmarthen Ironworks, watercolour drawing signed JCD	Laugharne Castle, by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck	Rebecca rioters attacking a tollgate


Richard Vaughan of Golden Grove Oil painting, possibly by William Dobson	The Surrender of the French at Fishguard, oil painting by an unknown artist	Agricultural workers	Baton issued to a policeman during the General Strike


Bible translated into Welsh	Bronze dagger fragments from a grave	Bronze seal boxes	Ceramic bust of John Wesley


Ceramic mug printed with a portrait of Evan Roberts	Children celebrating Gwynfor Evans by-election victory in 1966	Conch shell (Cragen beca)	Copper alloy belt mount


Copper alloy crucifix	Copper alloy horse harness pendant	Flannel shirt and woollen blanket	Floor tile


Gilded silver trumpet brooch	Gold pendant and chain	Hoard of bronze axes	Inscribed pillar-stone of Bivadus


Inscribed stones	Iron pikeman's armour	Iron shield bosses and spearheads	Keystone from the archway leading in to Ammanford Colliery


Lamp and checks issued to miners	Lead ampulla and ampulla mould	Leaded copper alloy mace head and spears	Lead papal bulla of Pope Benedict XII (AD 1334-42)


Memorial stone of Voteporix the Protector	Pottery burial urn	Pottery urns and cups	Shale figurines


Silver coins of Charles I	Silver-gilt church plate	Stone ammunition for trebuchets (siege engines)	Stone frieze depicting the death of General Picton at Waterloo


Stone spindle whorls	Sycamore wood butter print	Three chert tools	Three stone axes


Trumpeter's head-dress and uniform	Winding gear

The County Museum presents many aspects of Carmarthenshire's rich and varied past. Displays include local archaeology, Egyptology, pottery, portraits, landscape paintings, Welsh furniture, costume, a Victorian schoolroom, life on the farm and the homefront in World War 2.

Carmarthenshire County Museum

Abergwili

Carmarthen

Carmarthenshire SA31 2JG

Tel: +44 (0)1267 228696

Fax: +44 (0)1267 223830


	Explore Carmarthenshire County Museum collections in 'Timelines'


	British Isles

	Wales 2200-800 BC Bronze Age

	Wales 500,000-8500 BC Palaeolithic

	Wales 800 BC-AD 43 Iron Age

	Wales AD 43-410 Roman

	Wales AD 1500-1750 Early Modern

	Wales AD 1750-1900 The Industrial Age

	Wales AD 1900-2000 Modern period

	Wales AD 1066-1500 Late Medieval

	Wales AD 410-1066 Early Medieval

	Wales 4000-2200 BC Neolithic

	England 8500-4000 BC Mesolithic


	Web links
	http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk/index.asp?locID=2666&docID=-1 museums@carmarthenshire.gov.uk