Record ID: NMS-823171
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British penannular brooch, bent and distorted flattened rectangular-sectioned band (width 3mm), both terminals bent backward onto face and decorated with four broad shallow transverse grooves. Retains wrought flat-sectioned pin with loop curled around frame. Reconstructed diameter c.32-33mm. Fowler type D (PPS, 1960). Late 1st century BC-4th century AD.
Created on: Monday 12th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-980248
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age/Romano-British copper alloy bead, solid cast with radial grooves forming two narrow outer and two broader inner ribs flanking a knurled median rib, rounded and slightly chamfered central perforation. Irregular outer diameter c.14mm, inner diameter 6mm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2E6C31
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age discoidal knob from lower part of linch pin terminal. The oblique stub on the reverse indicates that the knob was of hoof type, set at right angles to the rest of the terminal and the pin, cf. Gregory 1980 fig 7 and MacGregor 1976 no. 135. On the front of the knob a large off-centre recessed area is edged by a circular cordon On the flat base of the recess are two circular blind holes and two zones of fine pecked decoration, both with doubly curved edges. Another blind hole touches the edge of the recess. All three would have been inlaid with enamel. Diameter 26 – 28mm. 1st…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CED154
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age U-section cast unidentified object decorated on outer face with moulded rib parallel to both curved edges, two probably engraved lines curving from end to end and touching in the centre, and a straight line parallel to one end. Length 17mm. In section 7.5mm wide and 7.5mm high. The mount is possibly a shield clip (Parfitt, 1995) In the record for WILT-628131, a similar finds, the Finds Liaison Officer writes: It is possibly a decorative shield clip (Parfitt, 1995) although it has also been suggested that this type of mount derives from a bucket, tankard or vessel. Howeve…
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CEFFD7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age U-section cast unidentified object very similar in form to NMS-CED154, and with the same moulded rib decoration. In addition there is an engraved chevron between the ribs at one end and a chevron formed of rather poorly pecked dots at the other.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E511C6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age or Romano-British spherical mount (personal ornament) with iron shank embedded in centre of slight moulded collar and five other blind holes, three filled with almost black material, probably fixative. Perhaps related to examples with enamel inlay from Holme Hale (HER 44072), Grimston (HER 11789) and Ashill (HER 8712).
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beachamwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E567C8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Iron Age or Romano-British openwork unidentified object. At one end a spherical lobe with round recess partly filled with white material, possibly fixative for a missing setting, the other end is broken at a bifurcation or channel, which lines up with a small groove in lobe. In the centre a curved aperture is similar to those in a scabbard chape from Brough, Westmorland (MacGregor 1976 cat. no. 165.)
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beachamwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-102E38
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Miniature copper alloy terret ring (harness fitting). D-shaped section which thins and narrows slightly towards the top, rectangular sectioned attachment bar with moulded ridge at either end. Slightly pitted surface. Internal measurements 21 x 17mm, external measurements 31 x 27mm. Cf. Hutcheson, 2004, 131, no.85 and 88. Late Iron Age.
Created on: Thursday 12th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Snoring', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6950F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or early Romano-British one-piece Colchester-type brooch, spring, pin and part of catchplate missing. Oval-section bow, three perforations in catchplate. Wingspan 17mm. Length 59mm. c.20 - c.60 AD.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beachamwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B6CD42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Iron Age British Hallstatt derivative brooch, Hawkes and Hull 1987 Group L, Adams 2013, find no. 10723, Type 2B, sub-type 2Ba3. The head comprises short plain horizontal bar of solid oval-section with twin lugs containing remains of iron pin on reverse at the apex of a finely cast hollow-backed vulvate bow, decorated with grooved pointed-oval figure with straight median line and narrow and broad bordering groups, tapering foot with catch-plate to one side and with perforated circular terminal, probably for missing separate stud-like setting. Both sides of the bow have a drilled…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F83A00
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy triple-lipped terret, broken and bent, broken across remains of three transverse lips on upper part of a distorted ring of flattened oval section, transverse moulding on side and at base at springing of missing recessed circular-sectioned attachment bar. >35 x >40mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A30D43
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Iron Age/ Romano-British strap distributor: disc with concentric mouldings on the front face and a small integral loop on the reverse. At right angles to the loop the stubs of two arms project obliquely from the side. Diameter 14.5mm. Length >20mm. Loop 5.5 x 3mm. 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-213C35
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age toggle, shaped rather like the head of a hammer-head shark, corroded and pitted, flattened ends, swollen in centre, back with longitudinal hollowed section with stump of narrowed longitudinal attachment bar at both ends. Length 28mm, diameter 11mm. It is likely that this toggle would have been used for fastening bags, clothes or straps. It probably dates to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period, perhaps the first century AD.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-865CC5
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Iron Age vessel handle - pad terminal with deep groove on reverse, between two large flanking sub-oval lugs both with broad ring and central perforation for missing rivet. 35 x >13mm.
Created on: Tuesday 5th August 2008
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-42E413
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age/Romano British terret, comprising part of a broken rectangular sectioned attachment bar, flanked (originally at both ends) by a vertical collar. There is a transverse rib on the surviving side of the circular-sectioned terret ring, of which just under half survives, tapering to a break before the mid-point. >35 x >46mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5507E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age/Romano British copper alloy Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook, spring of six loops, short wings, tapering oval-sectioned bow, bent towards point, catch-plate missing. 20 x (unbent) c.45mm. c.20-67 AD.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2209C6
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Romano-British centre-loop cosmetic pestle which dates to the 1st to 2nd centuries AD. It is almost all missing on one side of the loop. The estimated length is 58mm and it weighs 4.99g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-088D27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
silver Iceni unit, Boar-horse, Van Arsdell 659-3
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
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Record ID: NMS-5CBDD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
silver Iceni unit, plated
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DD1C06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
La Tène III type brooch, three of originally four coils (one missing with pin), internal chord below shallow arched flat-sectioned bow decorated with two transverse grooves above an engraved vertical zig-zag line, triangular catch-plate on reverse. 8 x 41mm. Cf. Hattatt, nos.238 and 737. 1st century BC/early AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.