Record ID: NMS-5FC732
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy prick spur. Central flat, hexagonal boss from the centre of which a short, rectangular-sectioned and pointed integral spike projects. One sub-triangular sectioned arm is complete, the flat surface inwards, angled from the central boss but straight rather than curved to form a once side of a U-shape. There is a very narrow transverse rib before the expanded, faceted terminal which is concave sided and tapers in thickness to the rounded end with two rivet holes one of which retains a copper alloy rivet. The other arm is incomplete and may have been repaired, with a rivet ho…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5ECED8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly distorted Late Saxon copper alloy bar mount with a rivet hole in both trefoil terminals (one retaining a rivet), perhaps from furniture. In the centre there is a pair of lateral cusped mouldings, and halfway between them and the terminals a pair of small triangular projections. The form is very similar to that of a mount from Whissonsett, Norfolk, which is decorated with engraved Ringerike style ornament (HER 31800, NMS-00E3A6). Most of the surfaces are obscured by verdigris, but where the purplish surface is visible no decoration is present. Other comparable Norfolk objects …
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5EBEC6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, Williams Class A, Type 1. Sub-triangular or pentagonal, with an angled flange retaining two corroded iron rivets, two rounded knops on either side, with two more flanking the rounded apex loop. The engraved decoration is a highly simplified version of two addorsed beasts, although the design is so debased the features can no longer be seen. Length 50mm. Width 32mm. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-5EA688
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a quillon / cross guard that consists of a thick copper alloy bar that is oval in plan and curved in profile. A rectangular hole in the centre measures 15mm by 5mm and is where the tang would have passed through. Both arm are gently curved downwards and taper to a rounded tip. On the forward edge of the cross-guard has a deep U-shaped groove that runs most of its length. This groove is shallow on either arm and deepens in the centre, and is where the blade would have sat. See WMID-301533 and KENT-75F808 for similar examples.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'westbury-on-severn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5E41D1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy oval buckle frame with internally offset bar with sub rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin recessed for the frame at the tip. Marzinzik 2003 Type 1.9. Similar to Dover Buckland Grave 156.3 (Evison 1987, fig. 61). Length 10mm. Width 18.5mm. Weighs 1.5g. c.500 - c.675. See NMS-CA3665 (Norfolk HER 30690).
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5D3B9E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy florid Cruciform brooch of Early Medieval date. Only the bow and catchplate area survives. A small portion of the bow survives, which appears to be decorated with a central groove, and extends to a small square undecorated plate flanked by two side lappets which are decorated with a curvelinear design. One lappet is missing due to an old break. It then extends further to the foot of the brooch which is also missing due to an old break. The metal has a light grey-green patina. The brooch is 41.28mm long, 31.12mm wide, 3.28mm thick and weighs 19.35g. Sim…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: WILT-5D15DA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval (AD c.800-900) strap end. It falls into Gabor Thomas' (2003, 2) Class A Type 2: Patterned. It measures 50.60mm long, 17.50mm wide and 3.90mm thick. It weighs 8.85g. The strap end has convex sides, a zoomorphic terminal with a rounded point, and a wider split end with two copper alloy (possibly tinned) rivets. The front surface is decorated with an engraved pattern of entwined plants or snakes (two larger and two smaller) around a vertical column or tree, within a border which follows the shape of the object. The zoomorphic terminal is moulded and repre…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Damerham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5CF2DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Cruciform brooch of Early Medieval date. The fragment consists of an undecorated sub-square headplate with two attached collared knops that are flat on the reverse and one that has been lost due to an old break. The bow and foot are also missing due to an old break. The reverse is flat and undecorated and has a sub-rectangular projection that would have been used for attachment. The metal has a brown-green patina. The brooch is 51.56mm long, 44.48mm wide, 2.43mm thick and weighs 16.91g. Simiar examples are found in West, S. 'EAA 84', p.132, Fig.16.5
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5C56F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable bucket mount. Thin rectangular copper alloy sheet with repoussé dots forming a border around the edge and a median longitudinal line, with a piercing in the centre of each short edge. One corner, broken across one of the piercings, is missing and there is possible sooting on the reverse. Length 34mm. Width 12mm. Circa 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.