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Record ID: NMS-0AA43C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy brooch with the pin and almost all of the spring missing. The bow is sub-circular in cross-section and the catchplate is solid. Mackreth 2011, Nauheim Derivative, 3.b3. Weight 1.9g. Extant length 35.4mm. Width (at mid bow) 2.5mm. AD c.20 - c.70.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-39599E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age copper alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type 2.e dating to the period c. 40 BC - AD 42. It exhibits an integrally cast spring, only one loop of which survives. Projecting from the centre of the head is the integrally cast rectangular-sectioned hook which runs down the head to the top of the bow, terminating in an old break. The wings are flat and rectangular, both heavily damaged. The bow arches back from the head and tapers along its length. It terminates in an old break. The foot and catchplate are missing. See: Mackreth, D.F, 2011, Vol. I, …
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
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Record ID: BERK-3AA1B7
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy 'Hallstatt' razor of Type Endingen (Jockenhovel 1980: 171) that dates from the Lyn Fawr phase of the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age, c.800-600 BC. The razor is trapezoidal in plan, with curved corners and two circular suspension loops above a strengthening rib. The blade edge is only 0.8 mm in thickness. There is some damage to each side of the blade where it expands to a pointed apex, now missing. Type Endinge razors have a primary distribution in the south of France with some small clusters along the Rhine and in central France (Jockenhovel 1980:…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cressingham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4F4095
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 6.a.d or 6.c.d, and similar to ibid, No. 7480. The bow, wings and most of the catchplate are extant. The sprung pin and forward facing hook are missing, leaving only short stubs projecting from the rear of the head, curving up slightly and terminating in worn breaks. These are both rectangular in cross-section to begin with, although the lower one (the stub of the spring) becomes oval before the break. The wings are short, narrow, rectangular and undecorated. They taper in thickness from the t…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9CFE92
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age copper alloy 'lipped' terret (Spratling 1972, fig.8, nos.35-40), broken at both ends, three grooved lips remain on the less than a quarter extant terret, collar before broken stump of missing narrowed bar. External diam. 45mm. Internal diam. 25mm. Extant length 32mm. Diameter of collar 10mm. Weighs 14.13g. 2nd century BC - mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-014853
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy head and upper bow fragment of a single piece Iron Age La Tene/Nauheim style brooch. Bilateral four loop spring with an external chord. The pin has been bent back and only survives as a short length. The upper bow is extant and expands symmetrically in width in a curvilinear form then narrows again forming a narrow leaf shape, before fracturing transversely. There is narrow medial chevron-like decoration running down the bow probably made with a graver. Circa 100BC-AD50.
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-947D98
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy brooch with the pin and most of the catchplate missing. The undecorated bow is D-sectioned although the front face is only slightly convex. Mackreth 2011, Nauheim Derivative, 3.b3. Weight 3.2g. Length 35.2mm. Width (at spring) 11.1mm. AD c.20 - c.70.
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Saturday 14th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3E5C7E
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age hoard of four copper-alloy objects, comprising a pair of strap-mounts, a binding strip and a ring. 1. First of a pair of cast copper-alloy strap mounts. Description: The mount takes the form of a looped drop-shaped openwork frame, of D-shaped cross-section (flat on the reverse),with the ends of the loop cast as if butted together before curling outward to form supports for two conjoined roundels at the terminal. A third roundel is contained within the loop, attached to the inner sides where they narrow towards the terminal. Each of these roundels has a slightly offs…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-38BB94
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven Iron Age pottery sherds, weight 31g, three finely flint gritted, three sandy and one with various inclusions and sooted interior.
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-382085
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One finely flint gritted Iron Age pottery body sherd, reduced, weight 6g. Surface finds from a 1 x 10m strip besides a path.
Created on: Monday 25th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C57035
Object type: POT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fourteen small body sherds and scraps of Iron Age pottery, some with fine flint grits, some sandy, weight 21g, 8th century BC - mid 1st century AD. Finder's no. G7
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: SF-E03707
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Romano-British cosmetic pestle. The stem of this pestle is curvilinear and it has an end loop. It measures c34.9mm in length, 5.4mm in width and 5.4mm in thickness, it has a roughly circular cross-section and the stem tapers to a rounded point. The end loop is circular in shape measuring 7.4mm externally and 2.4mm internally. This pestle would have been used with a crescent-shaped mortar with a central longitudinal groove to grind up small quantities of powder or cosmetics. These cosmetic sets are only found in Britain during the Romano-British period. They …
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-22C9EF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age to early Roman birdlip brooch. The head is trumpet-shaped with the remains of a single lug in the centre of the reverse where the sprung pin would have been attached originally (now missing). The outer face of the head has a raised line across its lower edge and below this the upper bow narrows slightly before expanding to a narrow rounded moulding with a raised transverse ridge across each end. Below this a beak-like moulding with a turned up end projects downwards. The lower bow is D-shaped in cross-section with a raised ridge running longitu…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold cum Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-78D15C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Norfolk Wolf type stater, JB type with left-facing wolf, 4.13g, a plated copy, the plating of pale gold, c.50-20BC
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-076D91
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age decorative stud, probably from harness, with a discoidal head (diameter 20mm, 4mm thick) the face comprising one large circular cell containing decayed, now whitish, enamel. On the reverse of the disc is a slightly bent integral circular-sectioned shank (8mm) which is chamfered and tapers to become square sectioned at its terminal (4.5 x 4.5mm) with a blind hole ( c. 3mm dia. by 10 mm deep) drilled at a slight angle so one side of the hole breaks through the side of the shank. Length of stud 36mm. Weighs 14.67g. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C7DFFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plated copy of a silver unit of the Iceni, Late Face-Horse so-called Norfolk God type with a coarsely-haired bust on the obverse and a horse on the reverse, c.30-10BC.
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-978D23
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the ring of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy three-lipped terret, both ends broken (probably in antiquity), of circular section. One moulded lip is extant. Length 36mm. Diameter at lip 11mm. Cf. Hutcheson 2004 no. 97. 1st century BC-AD.
Created on: Friday 21st January 2011
Last updated: Monday 11th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-87AD28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch with the spring, the pin, the outer ends and rear of the spring housing, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The bow reeded but not apparently beaded. Mackreth 2011, LD 2.b1. Extant length and width 26.5 and 21mm. c.20 - c.65 AD.
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-46F9AC
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Bronze Age to Roman copper alloy “spiral” ring or finger ring. It has a uniform, circular cross-section throughout and is coiled into a rigid cylindrical helix of just under two-and-a-half circular or near-circular turns. At least one of the terminals appears to be an old break; the other is uncertain. The coils are closely spaced, with a gap between the turns ranging from approximately 0.2mm to 1.0mm  The ring is patinated dark green. It is heavily pitted by corrosion on the external surface but smooth internally. Similar rings on this database include: SF-…
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A42E96
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age copper alloy brooch with a hinged pin on a double lug behind a flat, rectangular and slightly damaged head, Mackreth 2011, IA Odd 4. The parallel-sided and undecorated bow springs from the centre of the head and descends to a recent break. The pin is bent into a curve. Its straightened length is 40mm. Width of head c.13mm, of bow 5.5mm. Weight 2.7g. Four examples are listed by Mackreth, with one, from Ancaster, Lincolnshire, illustrated (ibid. 26, pl. 15 no. 4124). Of the other three, one is from Dragonby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire and two from Saham Toney, Nor…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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