Record ID: NMS-5060A2
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Middle or Late Saxon hooked tag. Sub-oval / triangular plate with pierced lug for attachment either side of pointed upper edge (now broken). A central circular field is filled with decayed white material, perhaps niello, with a triangular field below, which contains a further circular field of decayed white material. with blind holes to either side. There is a line of blind holes around the edge of the plate except at the springing of the broken hook. Surviving length 28mm. Width 16.5mm. See Read (2008, 33, no.117) for a very similar example.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Castle Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-504703
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper-alloy hooked tag clothing fastener. The fastener is shield-shaped with openwork and moulded decoration in the form of a three headed flower. 16th-17th century AD.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stagsden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-502D84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late post-medieval or modern copper alloy finger ring. Flat-sectioned band, with but joint at rear, expanding slightly to form a flat oval bezel. Gilded, with flat, black or blue rectangular painted central rectangle. 19th - 20th century.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Castle Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5014B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy small long or cruciform brooch. Head-plate and terminal of foot-plate missing. D-sectioned bow with rectangular panel creating facets to either side and median longitudinal groove, transverse grooves and ribs on foot-plate before break, almost complete catch-plate on reverse. Pin missing, copper corrosion only on catch-plate. Breaks ancient. Corroded. Surviving length 41mm. Surviving width (of bow) 10mm.Late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Castle Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4FFB77
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular head-plate with a line of double c-shaped stamps on either side, side wings missing, broken across more stamps. Fully rounded, waisted integral top knop with two grooves around lower half. Shallow c-sectioned bow with a plain section before a pair of transverse grooves, median longitudinal groove, and two transverse grooves before a break across two more grooves. Foot missing. Single broken pin lug partially obscured by iron corrosion on reverse of head-plate. Pin missing. Breaks ancient. Head-plate 12 x 11mm. Surviving length 47m…
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Castle Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-4FDAD8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scraper. Secondary flake with retouch around most of the edge. Measuring 49 x 34mm.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Castle Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4EFBB6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval copper-alloy bell. The bell chamber is of hexagonal section, tapering towards the top, where it is surmounted by a damaged loop. Inside the bell is a large amount of iron corrosion probably due to the corrosion of the clapper. Two sides of the bell have been slightly squashed inwards. The object has a green patina. This type of bell is sometimes known as a "Norse" bell, and is characteristic of the Danelaw and Irish Sea region during the tenth century.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelvedon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4AEA37
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Medieval English jetton of sterling bust issue dating to c. AD 1280-1345. This jetton has suffered extensive wear to the bust, making further clarification difficult. The jetton is also pierced by a central circular punch.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4ADEB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Medieval coin probably of Continental origin, possibly from Italy or France although this is very uncertain, c. AD 1300-1500.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4AD337
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and damaged Medieval silver halfpenny probably of Edward III, florin coinage, London mint dating to c. AD 1344-1351, probably Withers type 6.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4AB4B6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and clipped Post Medieval silver penny of Charles I dating to c. AD 1625-1649. Mint unclear. The coin has been cut in half with the upper portion of the bust and legend now missing.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-4AB3D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular framed brooch. Six round outward leaning collets, now empty apart from white fixative in three, rise from a flat-sectioned frame. Between each pair of collets the frame widens into a lobe, rendering the outline of the whole a sexfoil. A wire pin in paler patinated alloy is looped through a hole next to one lobe. Cf. an example from Somerset (SOM-D6C8D7). External diameter 22.5mm. Internal diameter 15mm. Thickness of frame 1mm. Thickness at collets 3mm. Early to mid 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4AAD17
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman colour-coated ware vessel (either a dish or a beaker), probably produced at the Nene Valley kilns, between the mid 2nd and 4th centuries AD. The rim is on plain form, with a simple rolled top and no projection on either side. The fabric is light grey to off-white. The slip on the inner surface is mid brown, changing to black on the outer surface. Dimensions: 41.2mm long, 31.1mm high, 8.9mm thick. Weight: 12.75g.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4A9AE5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy probable hilt plate or end plate from a late Medieval to Post Medieval knife. This object is rectangular in plan, with a convex upper surface and slightly recessed lower surface, and is formed from a piece of sheet copper-alloy. Through the centre of the rectangular form is a rectangular aperture which would have held the tang of the knife blade. Slight traces of iron corrosion are retained to the underside within a slight depression that runs along the length of this artefact. This knife plate now has a dark red brown colour with areas of mid green ov…
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4A8D77
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy probable hilt plate or end plate from a late Medieval to Post Medieval knife. This object is sub-oval in plan and flat in section and formed from a piece of sheet copper-alloy. Through the centre of the oval is a sub-rectangular aperture which would have held the tang of the knife blade. This plate has been slightly bent at the central aperture, and now retains a mid green colour overall. Similar examples can be found on this database as SOM-83ABB3, SOM-385362, and HAMP-60AB75 dating to the 15th-17th centuries AD. This knife plate measures 32.6mm in …
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4A84A4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Medieval forked spacer for a composite strap end dating to the 13th-14th centuries AD. The forked spacer is hemispherical or 'U' shaped in plan and flat in section, and terminates in two pointed curved ends which appear complete. Extending from the outward centre edge of the forked spacer is a moulded cast terminal in the form of an acorn within its cup; this is sub-oval in section and composed of an oval form within a collar with a secondary collar at the base. The cup for the acorn has small linear striations around the circumference. In the centre of the forked …
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4A8217
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman Nene Valley colour-coated ware vessel, dating from the mid 2nd to 4th century AD. Less than half of the circular base remains. The fabric is off-white to light grey; the slip is dark brown on the inner surface, orangey-brown on the outer. The base is concentrically grooved. Dimensions: 62.4mm wide (max), 15.9mm thick. Weight: 30.6g.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4A73A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval single looped buckle dating to c. AD 1350-1400. The buckle is sub-rectangular to trapezoidal in plan with an expanded outer edge, and retains a copper-alloy sheet roller in situ on the exterior edge of the buckle frame. The frame tapers in width through the length, with a narrow pin bar measuring 1.7mm in thickness to the sheet roller, which measures 3.7mm in thickness. A clear join in the sheet roller is visible to the underside. The pin bar retains a slight recession where the pin would have been located, and red brown corrosion product at th…
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-4A6B08
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base sherd from a Roman Nene Valley colour-coated ware vessel, dating from the mid 2nd to 4th century AD. Just over half of the circular base remains. The pot has been wheel-thrown and has a pronounced groove on the underside, a short distance in from the edge. The fabric is light yellowish-orange and has no visible inclusions. A brown slip coats the inner surface, whereas that on the outer surface is dark grey and has been applied unevenly. Dimensions: 85.4mm diameter, 18.2mm thick. Weight: 108.16g.
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Brayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4A5E72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded small copper-alloy buckle plate in two fragments (now adhered together) of probable Medieval date. The plate is rectangular in plan and flat in section, and a single circular aperture for a rivet can be found to the end of each fragment. At the opposing end, two loops are visible; these are sub-rectangular in plan and curved in profile. The buckle plate has broken across the exterior edge of these loops, splitting the plate into two sheet fragments. This small plate is a mid green colour overall. This buckle plate measures 18.3mm in length, with a width of 9mm an…
Created on: Saturday 16th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded.