Record ID: NMS-BD57E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude Medieval lead alloy pot mend. Two sub oval offset discs one very slightly concave on its outside surface, the other with a raised boss; both encapsulate a sherd of ceramic pot within. The ceramic fragment is Medieval with a dark grey reduced colour to the body, and a shell temper. There are also strands of a light brown sturdy fibre of consistent thickness penetrating between the lead mend and the ceramic. There is no sign of weave to this and it may simply be intrusive roots; however, the find has been cleaned and out of the ground for many months without the strands decaying, …
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-B89BB6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude lead alloy conical weight. Round in cross section tapering to a blunt rounded apex. There is no evidence of loops or a hole for suspension and it is therefore probably a traders standing weight. Lead has been used to provide mass and weight for centuries and without archaeological context or any stylistic evidence only a very broad date range can be given. Weight is 205g or 7.23 ounces. Circa AD43-1750.
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-4FF6F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval to Post Medieval double loop copper alloy buckle. Sub-oval loops have a D-shaped cross-section, whilst the strap bar is sub-rectangular. Flat sectioned pin stub remains wrapped around the strap bar. Rough, light green to light brown corroded surface. Circa AD1350-1650.
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-29AE9B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval to Post Medieval double loop copper alloy buckle. C-shaped loops have a semi-circular cross-section, whilst the strap bar is triangular. Flat tapering trapezoidal-section pin remains wrapped around the strap bar. Lustrous dark brown patina. Circa AD1350-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-192678
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn silver Medieval short cross penny of Henry III. Class 7b. Moneyer Henri; Canterbury mint. Obverse; hENRICVS R/EX. Reverse; hENRI ON CANTE. North 979 (b). Circa 1222-1236.
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-171904
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn silver Medieval long cross groat of Edward III 4th coinage. Obverse; EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D hYB. Reverse; POSVI/DEVM A/DIVTOR/EM MEV // CIVI/TAS/LON/DON. Pre-Treaty, cross 1, series C. North 1147. Circa 1351-1352.
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E88A2C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular, plano-convex undecorated cast spindle whorl. The circular perforation narrows somewhat towards the top, either by design or wear, from 7mm diameter uppermost to 8.8mm at the base. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval and early Post-Medieval periods, but in metal are more typically Early Medieval to Post Medieval. The hand spindle on which they were used continued in use at least until the 16th century in Norfol…
Created on: Saturday 7th August 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E59B00
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded copper alloy spoon-shaped Medieval harness pendant, complete with attached pendent hanger. The pendant body is in the shape of a small spoon with the convex forward face decorated with seven engraved lines in a scalloped pattern. The oval suspension loop is set perpendicular to the plane of the harness pendant body and is suspended from a transverse spindle running between the backward folded arms of the hanger. The body shape of the pendent hanger mirrors that of the harness pendant with the same engraved scallop decoration scheme. There is a single integral prong on the rever…
Created on: Saturday 7th August 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D44F58
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval strap-end. Fashioned from two thin 23mm long by 12.5mm wide tongue-shaped sheets held together by a single circular medial rivet at the attachment end. The terminal end has a narrow medial nib on both sheets, the inwardly curving nature of which suggests they may have originally been integrally linked and folded back around the end of the strap at this point. There is no evidence of a forked spacer or further rivets to secure the strap. Circa AD14th century.
Created on: Friday 6th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 6th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D0533E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular, plano-convex undecorated cast spindle whorl. The slightly off-centre circular perforation narrows somewhat towards the base, either by design or wear, from 10.3mm diameter uppermost to 8.9mm at the base. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval and early Post-Medieval periods, but in metal are more typically Early Medieval to Post Medieval. The hand spindle on which they were used continued in use at least until th…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8F743C
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy Medieval folding clasp. Rectangular cross-section upright frame, bent in a squared U-shape. The free ends are semi-oval and are joined by a circular spindle. The spindle end of the frame is slightly wider than the other giving an overall trapezoidal shape. A foldable plate matching the internal shape of the frame is wrapped around the spindle and stretches approximately halfway across the internal length of the frame, with a small stumpy medial prong at its end. A semi-cylindrical bar mount is fitted transversely across the end of the plate secured with a cent…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-D1AEA9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable buckle pin. Lenticular shaped pin with a semi-oval end tapering to a long triangular point. Approximately one third of the way from the oval end a pair of symmetrical haunched arms project, one to either side of the pin body. The arms initially rise away from the pointed end then turn down 90 degrees towards it. The down-turned section has a trifid-shaped outside edge. As a buckle pin the lack of a frame attachment loop is conspicuous; however there is a short flat section at the tip of the oval end from which a loop may have detached, albeit this appears to be s…
Created on: Sunday 25th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0413D5
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded iron rotary key of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The finer detail of the key is somewhat obscured by extensive corrosion and active spalling of the surface, but it remains complete. The bow is an open D-shape with a slightly angled outside loop. The solid shank tapers out perpendicularly from the centre edge of the bow's straight loop. The rectangular bit is positioned flush with the end of the shank and in the same plane as the bow. It has two extant wards on the front edge although a third may have been lost to corrosion; with a further three let into the bottom e…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 20th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-040B57
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a probable end-folded one-piece Medieval buckle plate. Sub-rectangular, one half has been lost at the point of folding around the bar of the missing buckle. One tab that flanks the pin slot is also missing from an old break. The attachment end retains a single medial rivet. There is an adherent but powdery black substance covering both sides of the piece, perhaps soot from burning or the remains of a pitch-like substance. A more complete example can be seen at LIN-483FC5 on the PAS database. Circa AD1150-1450  
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FFE2FF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and distorted gilded copper alloy Medieval folded buckle plate. The thin plate was originally sub-rectangular and would have folded back on itself at one end around the strap bar of the buckle. It has broken at the point of the bend across the central pin-slot and the back half is now missing. The strap-bar end of the surviving plate has been forcibly bent forwards over the front decorated face of the plate. Originally there would have been four circular rivet holes for attachment, one in each corner; two of these survive complete, one on either side of t…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D7B432
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Medieval to Post Medieval stud or tack. The head of the stud is flat and sub-square, delineated by a pellet border. From corner to corner is a saltire cross with a single pellet in each quadrant.  A single square section pointed stud projects from the centre of the reverse. Read, B. illustrates similar single stud fittings on p31-p33 of Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom,(2001). Circa AD1400-1550.  
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9B5737
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked strap fitting of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The fitting consists of a narrow rectangular plano-convex body with two robust and integral rivets on the reverse. The body extends to a substantial rearward facing hook that tapers to a semi-circular blunt point. The robust construction of the fitting is perhaps more suggestive of a harness application. Circa AD1300-1600.
Created on: Saturday 10th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-82C478
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval double-loop buckle frame with missing pin. The outer loops are slightly concave on their undersides with both loops bent upwards on either side of the strap bar, probably through damage. The upper surface of both outer loops have incuse wedge shaped grooves that reserve an inner border to both loops. There is evidence of a black coating (lacquer) on the surface of the whole buckle, particularly where it has been retained in the decorative grooves. Similar to Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1800  (1996) p53. No. 295, albeit the referenced…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-824409
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval double-loop buckle frame with missing pin. The upper surface of both outer loops have moulded cusped grooves set radially on either side of a central recessed pin-rest. The strap bar is narrowed somewhat compared to the rest of the frame. Outer edges are very slightly scalloped. Whitehead, R. Buckles 1250-1800  (1996) p58. No. 354. circa AD1450-1600. The buckle may well be from the same mould as Suffolk found NMS-E3DB8B.
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-81E0B9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval double oval loop cast buckle frame. The strap bar is unextended and there is no trace of decoration on either loop. The frame has a 'D' shaped cross-section. A slight trace of iron corrosion survives on the strap bar as witness to the original iron pin. Circa AD1450-1650.
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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