Record ID: NMS-2DC05C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to late early-medieval object, possibly the handle from an implement, with runic inscription, dating to the period c. AD 700 - 1000. The terminal is slightly flaring, with two pairs of crescentic notches cut into the long edges. An engraved line border follows the shape around the terminal and continues as the object expands into an oval boss flanked above and below by paired semi-circular knops. The boss exhibits engraved decoration in the form of an interlace quatrefoil (interlace is disrupted by a crack) surrounded by an engraved line border. The remainder of the object …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-560D05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch dating to the period c. AD 470 - 520. The headplate is square with a slightly raised central panel and old breaks along three edges. Faint traces of zig zag decoration running along each long edge of the central panel. On the reverse is an incomplete semi-circular pin lug with traces of iron corrosion from the missing pin mechnism. The bow arches from the headplate with a rectangular collar at the junction between headplate and bow. It is faceted with a central triangular ridge and terminates in an old break.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DD6475
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle - Late Saxon copper alloy zoomorphic object, possibly a ferrule from a knife or sword handle dating to the period c. AD 800 - 1000. It comprises a hollow cylinder which expands from a diameter of 18mm - 23.8mm at which point it divides into three tapering projections, two of which terminate in worn breaks, each of which exhibits traces of a rivet hole along the line of the break. The third, complete projection terminates in a moulded animal's head. It exhibits long pointed oval ears with recessed centres. Below are lenticular eyes with circular pellet eyeballs. Th…
Created on: Saturday 6th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A2D441
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of an early Anglo-Saxon silver object, possibly a mount or brooch. The fragment is broadly triangular and appears to have been burnt or partially melted with a jagged break along one edge. The front has moulded relief and openwork decoration in Salin's Style I. The motif is incomplete, but at least one stylised eye and possibly part of a limb is visible.  The reverse is ungilded and undecorated, and appears warped. No visible form of attachment remains. Dimensions: Length 19.1mm, width 14.1mm, thickness 4.3mm, weight 2g. Discussion a…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2E07D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of punched gold sheet, comprising a flat, pointed oval piece with a jagged transverse break at either end. One face is decorated all over with punched annulets, and the other side is undecorated. Both faces are heavily scratched. Dimensions: Length: 19mm, maximum width: 12mm, minimum width: 4.2mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 1.2g. Discussion: This fragment is of uncertain function, but feasibly could be from the bezel of an early medieval gold finger-ring. Sheet metal finger-rings with wide bezels decorated with punches are typical of the ninth to tenth centuries in…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CF7014
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Saxon Anglo Scandinavian copper alloy zoomorphic harness/bridle cheek piece dating to the period c. AD 1020 - 1100. Only one projecting arm remains. It exhibits two old breaks, indicating the position of two missing radiating arms. The remaining fragment is in the form of the head and neck of a sinuous animal, possibly a dragon, with a prominent four-pointed crest at the top of the head and an open mouth with projecting tongue. The eye is indicated by a compass drawn ring-and-dot applied on one side only. Williams (2007) Type 1 (variant). Similar to: NMS-040A25 &am…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-455910
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two silver sceattas, found in the same area as two earlier groups comprising parts of a single hoard, 2012T401 (NMS-0A0E22, 12 coins) and 2015T240 (NMS-725E91, 8 coins).  Catalogue: 1) Series E, 'Plumed Bird' variety, type J, close to Metcalf vol. II, plate 11, nos. 190-3, weight 0.85g, c.695-710 2) Series E, Kloster Barthe variety, close to Metcalf vol. II, plate 12, no. 218, weight 1.24g, c.710-50. Discussion: These two are clearly part of the same hoard and therefore represent the second addendum, the hoard now numbering 22 coins. The first portion of…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-853CD6
Object type: CATCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy element from an Early Saxon box catch dating to the period c. AD 500 - 720. It comprises a trapezoidal-sectioned shaft with an incomplete terminal hammered flat at either end, one in the form of a loop which would have swiveled on an axis bar and the other a slightly larger terminal with a notch which would have formed the catch. See: SF-3B9FAD which notes five complete examples excavated at Coddenham, Suffolk (West 1998, fig.21, nos.17-21), thought to have functioned as catches to secure wooden boxes or caskets. Finder's ref: Oct 17 12. Update: The identification o…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B402BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Two non-joining fragments from a cast gilded silver keystone disc brooch dating to the early medieval period. Fragment A (uppermost in photograph) comprises part of the edge of the brooch, with one finished edge and three broken edges. One edge (right-hand side as photographed) has a curved feature with a raised collar, representing the remains of a broken setting for a gemstone or glass inlay. The upper surface is decorated with chip-carved geometric shapes, with some trace of gilding surviving. The back is plain and retains the stub of the pin lug. Fragment B (lowermos…
Created on: Friday 28th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-91234D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment from an early Anglo-Saxon gilded silver disc brooch. The fragment is asymmetrical in shape, with breaks on all edges. The front has a cast relief geometric pattern with part of a double-strand circular collar for a missing glass or gem setting; to one side of this is a double-strand triangle, and there are other ridges whose shapes cannot now be reconstructed. Dimensions: Length 14.1mm, maximum width 10mm, minimum width 2.8mm, thickness 2.1mm, weight 0.8g. Discussion: The fragment refits with (or joins to) Fragment B of NM…
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6FEB5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of an early-medieval gilded silver keystone disc brooch, refitting with Fragment B of brooch NMS-B402BB (2017T673) and almost certainly an addendum to NMS-2E39EB (2015T43) and NMS-91234D (2018T158), although the new fragment does not refit with this last fragment. The fragment is sub-triangular, with one original edge intact. The upper surface bears cast and chip-carved decoration comprising concentric lines and the remains of an inner panel, the detail of which is too incomplete to identify fully. The remains of gilding are present across the surface, although w…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winfarthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-553AC3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  Composite gold object with glass and possibly gem settings. It comprises a rectangular strip of gold bent into a loop with a visible joining seam, now partially split. The loop is now squashed out of shape. The band exhibits a vertical seam approximately 10.8mm along its length, visible on both exterior and interior faces, although largely obscured by applied decoration on the exterior; the decorative scheme clearly designed to disguise the join (see below). On one side of the seam is a second vertical join, visible only on the inside of the strip, possibly indi…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aldborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-84FDD3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of sheet copper alloy strip of uncertain date and function. The strip is slightly curved and broken at either end on the short edges. One face exhibits three engraved double chevrons with an engraved groove running along one long edge. Both long edges appear to be original and intact except for some minor chips, probably caused post-depositionally. Due to the size and shape of the fragment it is nto possible to posit a function, however, the patina would suggest some antiquity. A date range spanning the Early Saxon to medieval period is suggested.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-930B4D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon (c. AD 420 - 475) cruciform brooch of Martin's Group 1. The side-knobs, the pin, the bow and the footplate are missing. The top-knob is fully rounded in section with a small protrusion at the top and waisted in the centre. It has three concentric engraved grooves on the lower part and is attached to the central panel by a D-sectioned rectangular tab decorated with two sets of three engraved grooves divided by an undecorated strip. The central panel is rectangular in shape and has a series of irregularly spaced longitudinal grooves engraved on either long edg…
Created on: Monday 26th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-71CD27
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver finger-shaped ingot of probable Late Saxon date. One end is rounded, the other terminates in a break. Lenticular cross-section. The upper surface exhibits six transverse nicks, possibly for testing purity. Dimensions: Length: 43.2mm, width: 15.5mm, thickness: 9.2mm, weight: 22.9g Discussion: The record for NMGW-038729 notes: “The nicking on the sides of the ingots is an intervention sometimes undertaken in antiquity to test purity, and evidence that they had been used in commercial transactions before burial. The ingots all display similar features (size, sh…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Smallburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-505881
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon to medieval Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy horse harness fitting dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. Consists of one D-sectioned arm with the remains of a collar from the missing central boss at one end and and oval loop at the other. The loop has bevelled edges. An oval knob projects from three of the four cardinal points, the fourth being the point at which the arm connects to the loop. Similar examples are illustrated in Williams, D, 2007, p. 5, fig. 6 a & c.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F7F6BE
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Incomplete, partly gilded silver Carolingian-style rectangular mount or strap fitting inlaid with niello. The mount has one complete and two partial original edges surviving, with a transverse break which appears to be relatively recent. It has a rounded knop on each of the two surviving corners (one now incomplete) and the ungilded sides of the plate are moulded into a series of convex semi-circles. The front of the plate is decorated with a wavy line of inlaid niello running along each long edge, bordering the recessed centre. This is interrupted along the short ed…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: NMS-55ED09
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of Early Saxon pottery dating to the period c. AD 500 - 650. One everted rim sherd and one body sherd, they are both of the same fabric but do not necessarily come from the same vessel. The fabric is reduced, dark grey and burnished on both surfaces, with occasional white inclusions. Collective weight: 7.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Sunday 25th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winfarthing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E0365A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy object, possibly a strap fitting of 9th - 12th century date. Rectangular, with old breaks on three of the corners. It exhibits five rivet holes arranged two at the front edge and three at the back edge, three of which retain the corroded remains of iron rivets. At the centre of the front edge is a square perforation, possibly to accomodate a midding pin or hinged fitting. The front face is covered with stamped ring-and-dot motifs.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 21st August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-20B3C6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of a cast copper-alloy escutcheon (mount) from an early-medieval hanging bowl. Originally identified as a double-loop buckle frame, it is an openwork oval shape, with an outer frame curving around the long side of the oval, and a central bar. Both frame and bar are trapezoidal in cross-section (4.4 x 3.6mm for the frame and 4 x 3.1mm for the bar), with the narrower flat top decorated with a central groove on both elements. Where they join, there is a trefoil knop consisting of three rounded lobes; this is the same thickness as the rest of the mount. Any decoration here is ha…
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.