Record ID: NMS-6C5138
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age incomplete, circular openwork harness fitting with incomplete integral tapering attachment shank in centre of reverse. In battered condition, about 33% surviving. Decoration consists of cast triskele motifs and crescentic apertures. Diam. c.35mm. Shank length >13mm. Very similar to an example from Brampton (HER 1124) which has a loop on the end of the shank, worn in such a way as to suggest it may have been a pendant or ‘hanger / dangler’ (Hutcheson 2004 32, cat. no.59). 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Winch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-253517
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British copper alloy Colchester-type two-piece brooch, all of spring, part of double-pierced lug, most of one wing and almost all of bow missing. The axis bar survives in the lower hole. Plain wings. D-section bow. Estimated wingspan 16mm. Mid 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snettisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CD7817
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age incomplete La Tène I type brooch, pin, spring and much of upturned foot missing, remains of single engraved transverse line at top of oval-sectioned bow with remains of catch-plate on side of foot, length >39mm. Cf. Hattatt (1987) no.725. 4th/3rd century BC.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CE11F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age incomplete copper alloy La Tène III type brooch, at least two of originally four coils, shallow arched flat rectangular-sectioned tapering bow with three broad longitudinal grooves, foot and catch-plate missing, 12 x >42mm. Cf. Hattatt (1987), surviving upper part broadly similar to no.734. 1st century BC/early AD.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CE3502
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy bead, cylinder formed by strip with ends butted-together, broad transverse groove flanked by slight ribs at both ends, slightly convex central section with remains of short longitudinal engraved lines, diameter 8mm, length 16mm.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3798B4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Strap-slide from harness, figure-of-eight with pointed ends and prominent boss within sharply defined border on both halves, 14 x 32mm. Corroded and broken remains of longitudinal rectangular loop on reverse, length 23, projects 9mm from flat back with casting seam. 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bintree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B2A88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Alesia type brooch, pin and most of foot/catchplate missing, bow distorted and abraded. Copper alloy spindle for pin. Bow, with broad median groove between rows of punched triangles, tapers very gently from top before narrowing abruptly to the foot. Two casting flaws near top of bow, one a pit, the other a perforation. Length >60mm, maximum width 12.5mm. 1st century BC.
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B08F46
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar with rounded knop at other end. The inner profile is V-shaped, but is covered by corrosion products incorporating a speck of charcoal. The loop is broken but complete. The mortar is 58mm long, 7mm wide and it weighs 11.55g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Walsingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMS-6E0F14
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy toggle, shaped rather like the head of a hammer-head shark, flattened ends, swollen in centre with integral attachment loop on the back, broken at change of angle and start of bifurcation for missing loop, length 28mm, diameter 13mm. 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: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AED6A3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of very chunky Iron Age beaded bracelet, round section hoop decorated with moulded transverse ribs and grooves. Both ends are broken. Apart from a small amount of recent damage the breaks are ancient, and covered in ferrous staining. Towards one end, which is almost certainly miscast and is broken longitudinally and distorted, the section becomes enlarged and D-shaped, the inner face flattening out. Hoop diameter 7 - 8mm. Internal diameter c.33mm. Probably penannular. The dating is not certainly Iron Age, cf. Macgregor 1976, 106, nos.228-9. The ribbing is more rounded and lar…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2005
Last updated: Monday 3rd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-036DB4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Triple-lipped terret, very corroded, three pairs of transverse lips on upper part of almost five-sided ring, slot for strap in expanded base, with recessed oval-sectioned attachment bar, 64 x 56mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-80A7E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British cast copper-alloy mount, in the form of a bird, probably a duck, in the round. An integral rivet on flat underside suggests the object was attached to leather. The beak tapers to a rounded (slightly damaged) point in a rather un-duck-like manner. Four pairs of oblique, apparently moulded, grooves on the back represent feathers in a very stylised manner. The upturned tail has received a little recent damage. This is a much more sophisticated version of a possible duck from Colchester (Crummy 1983, no.4268). Ducks and other water-birds “perhaps belong to a Celtic water-c…
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-81F996
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler's (1960) Type C, pin missing, the round-section hoop complete but badly distorted into an irregular C-shape. External diameter c.30mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-820A32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III brooch in very fresh condition. Parts of the surface are yellowish, i.e. without verdigris. The bow is bent at about midpoint and the pin is not engaged with the catchplate. The front of the bow is decorated with four transversely engraved lines above a vertical line of rocker-arm engraving which continues to the foot. Cf. Hattatt nos.238 and 737. Length c.35mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-786F35
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Triple-lipped terret, three pairs of transverse lips on round section D-shaped ring. The rectangular section attachment bar is recessed at the base of collared mouldings. A gap or slot between the bar and the lower flat part of the ring may have held an attachment strap. This arrangement can be seen on a terret from Martham (HER 16305). Height 48mm, width 56mm. 1st century BC – 1st century AD.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hevingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5F9CE6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age/Romano-British fragment (53 x 12mm) of lipped terret, oval-sectioned with pair of transverse mouldings both with oval cell in outer edge containing remains of red enamel. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-600766
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Iron Age lipped terret, ring broken above pair of exaggerated transverse lips both with oval cell (enamel missing) on convex inner face on side of ring, transverse collar at broken recessed attachment bar with asymmetrical oval-section, thinning at base, >47 x >47mm. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-767946
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age Birdlip type brooch, part of head and upper part of bow only. Bow with typical +-shaped section. Winglet or upturned tongue curls backwards the button. Button forms a complete circle onto reverse. The lower part of the circular head survives, leg broken towards foot across triangular openwork catchplate, ancient breaks, >13 x >47mm. Cf. Hattatt no.1451. Early 1st century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pentney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-714554
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman Colchester type one-piece brooch, with forward-facing hook and fragment of missing springs from beneath head, short broken wings, tapering D-sectioned bow with remains of broken openwork catch-plate on reverse, 12 x 50mm. c.20-60 AD.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.