Record ID: NMS-6B7B62
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/Post Medieval pin with globular head formed from two hemispherical pieces of sheet filled with ?lead. The shank is bent just below mid-point. Diameter 13mm. Length 81mm. Cf. Egan 2005 no.224.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6B82B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry III short cross type penny, worn, Class 7B, 1222-1234.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-6B9241
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy hook piece book clasp of the late Medieval or post-Medieval period. The book clasp is rectangular in plan, with a semi-circular down-turning hook at one end, and flared at the other end where the clasp was attached to a strap. The iron rivet remains attached to the clasp in the performation. The rivet was made with a small flat strip of iron (3.78mm wide, 17.4mm long) that was folded at the ends to create a rectangular head above the book clasp and two feet below the strap much like a modern paper fastener. The main body of the clasp has stamped decoration in three…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-6B8E86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry II short cross type cut halfpenny, worn, Class 1b, 1180-1185
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6BABA8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward III silver farthing very worn, 1327-1377
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6BAE94
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Roman key. What remains is the handle and short shank of the key, the bit is entirely missing. The handle is rectangular in plan and section. To the top is an integral semicircular loop, on the same plane, which has a central small rectangular knop to its top. Beneath the loop at the top of the main body of the handle are three moulded parallel transverse lines. These run to each side of the handle and along the front face, but not to the rear which is flat. There is then a gap of 6.16mm where the handle is plain, and then a further three moulded lines ech…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6BA663
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Harness mount or belt mount with two integral round-section attachment spikes on reverse, lozengiform or quatrefoil, with four lozengiform apertures. 25 x 19mm. Spike length 7mm. 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6BB7A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle with oval frame, integral rectangular frame for fold of strap and D-section pin (in purplish dull alloy). Pin constriction on bar. Deep notch for point of pin on outside edge. Length 24mm. Width of rectangular frame 16mm, of oval frame 25mm. Cf. Whitehead 2003 nos.538-541 and Geddes in Hare 1985 Battle Abbey fig.49 nos.15, 17 and 19.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6BB625
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short cross type penny, straightened by finder, worn and damaged due to old breaks, Class 5b, 1205-1207
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6BD0C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double struck voided long cross type penny, 1247-1279, class not clear due to the double striking which has obscured and distinguishing features.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Metfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6BA337
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy openwork Roman handle fom a folding knife or razor depicting a greyhound running left biting the rump of a hare. Only the greyhound now survives. The fragment is 24.2mm in length and stands 14.9mm tall to the top of the tail and head, which is a parallelogram in shape and 'hangs' downwards. Beneath the body are two openwork areas. That below the head is damaged where the legs of the hare would have extended benetah the greyhound's mouth. To its opposite side it is defined by the fore-leg of the dog, with knobbly backward-facing knee. The open area behind thi…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-6BCA67
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment from a late 17th to early 18th century shoe buckle. The fragment is a small portion of the buckle's frame. The frame is slightly convex in shape and has a drilled hole for a separate spindle. The face has linear ridged decoration. The buckle is quite worn and corroded. This buckle fragment probably dates from circa 1690 to 1720. Similar examples are illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 102).
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-6BE463
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy tweezers. The tweezers are formed from a single length of metal that is bent and curved into a semicircular loop at the mid point. The blades are rectangular in plan and flat in section and do not taper. The end of each blade is bent in at an angle of approximately 40 degrees to form the pinching mechanism. One blade is still straight, whilst the other is bent just above the pinching end, in the opposite direction, giving it a slight zigzag profile to the end of the blade. The original surface of the object survives with a dark green patina, though it is scratche…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6C0B93
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Medieval furniture fitting, pointed gilt terminal of D-section strap mount from casket, with rounded pierced lobe next to delicate, transversely engraved grooves. Width 4.5mm (8mm across lobe), diameter of rivet hole 2mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C1C52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British hinged Dolphin brooch, almost all of pin and all below mid-bow missing. Undecorated tubular wings. Round section bow. Wingspan 21mm. c.55 - c.80 AD.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C26C1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment probably of Romano-British bracelet. D-section strip, bent, with both ends broken. No sign of decoration but rather worn. Width 4 - 5mm. Thickness 1.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-6C2A52
Object type: CURTAIN RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-circular cast copper alloy curtain ring or loop, with a slender bi-trapezoid section. A small portion of the loop is narrowed slightly due to wear, particularly on the internal surface. In profile the loop is flat. The loop has an abraded surface, but has traces of a shiny dark grey patina. It measures 27.83mm long, 27.09mm wide and 3.24mm thick. It weighs 4.93g. Similar rings are illustrated in Margeson’s, (1993) Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58. Margeson describes them as b…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-6C13E5
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Late Post-Medieval/ modern wall-mounted hook, previously identified as a Post-Medieval dagger quillon arm. The arm of the hook is 5mm diameter in section at its break, narrowing to 4mm diameter before the terminal extends. This is over a length of 26mm, during which is curves at just larger than a right angle (21mm from the break). The terminal is pointed and faceted, with eight lozenge-shaped faces and four triangular. The terminal is 14.6mm in length. Length 33.6mm, weighs 5.82g.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-6C5CE7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete (but in two parts) cast lead or lead alloy 'vesica' shaped seal matrix of medieval date (1200-1400). The seal matrix is sub-oval (oval with pointed ends) in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. It measures 37.8mm in length, 24.5mm width and is 10.2mm (maximum) thick. On the upper edge of the seal, in alignment with the two pointed ends, is a small sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners) perforated lug. This lug is set at an angle of 90° to the plain of the body of the seal and is broken into two parts. This break is relatively modern and both pieces were rec…
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Audlem', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C5734
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British small horse harness pendant, sub-triangular with integral suspension loop. Cf. Oldenstein 1976 Taf.30 Kat. Nr. 210. Height 21mm. Width 5.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.