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Record ID: NMS-A39611
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy solid domed-head button culminating at the apex with a small pimple. Part of the shank survives to the point where it bifurcates to form the loop at which point it terminates in old breaks. Bailey; Buttons and Fasteners 500BC-AD1840 (2004) p28; No. 23-28. Late 15th-16th century.
Created on: Saturday 6th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taverham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-9F666E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy annular brooch, distorted and with less than one third of the frame extant. A round perforation may be for the pin, and one break truncates a smaller hole near the inside edge. The frame is angled upwards towards the centre. A double line of very small punched dots follows the outer edge and a single line the inner. Several other dots are distributed between them. Thickness 0.3 - 0.8mm. External and internal diameters c.30 and 18mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9E6DA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon lead alloy rectangular plate brooch. The front is decorated with moulded transverse ribs and pellets. On the reverse there is a double pin lug with the remains of an iron pin loop. The very straight transverse break is probably recent. The pin lug is a Scandinavian trait (Kershaw 2013, fig. 2.1). Extant length 13mm. Width 16.5mm. Thickness, excluding lug, 3mm. 10th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9E132A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon to Late Saxon copper alloy strap end with two rivet holes in the wedge-shaped split end, two pairs of transverse grooves on the shaft and a plain rounded terminal. Thomas 2003, Class B, Type 1. Length 41.5mm. Width 10.1mm. Length of socket 8mm. Late 8th - early 11th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-9DD282
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Roman unfinished copper alloy nail or stud of the type that may have been intended for use with upholstery. There is a casting flash along one edge and a formless piece of solidifed molten metal adhering to the head and shank. The head is binconical (and not similar to those shown on Crummy 1983, fig. 116). The cross-section of the shank is onscured by the flash. There is straight end to the shank, which may have been snapped in antiquity. Length 22mm (19mm excluding the adherent metal). Diameter of head 8.7mm. Weight 3.62g. c.43 - c.409 AD.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9D6E32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch, almost all of the spring, the pin, and most of the catchplate missing. The bow is of oval cross-section. Wingspan 8.5mm. Length 44.5mm. c.20 - c.70 AD.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9D5975
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch, the spring, the pin, and the catchplate missing. The bow is of D-oval cross-section. Wingspan 10mm. Length 50.5mm. c.20 - c.70 AD.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9CF3E3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops rectangular (marginally trapezoidal), with a D-sectioned pin. 32 x 21.5mm (width at the bar 20mm). Cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 464. c.1570 - c.1700.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9CC164
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Just over half of a post-medieval copper alloy double-looped buckle frame, both loops oval, with a lobe at the ends of the bar. A group of three grooves and two ribs marks the centre of the edge(s). Close to Whitehead 2003, no. 360. Estimated length 42mm. Width 27.2mm. c.1550 - c.1650.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9C8A67
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked book clasp, parallel-sided with an expanded terminal near which is an iron-filled rivet hole. Rather worn stamped decoration includes three transverse bands of pellets, with pelleted zig-zag between those two nearer the hook. Length 37.5mm. Width 10.5 - 16.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9C6E96
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked sword belt mount with two rivet holes, one with remains of an iron rivet. As Margeson 1993, nos. 257-8 and de Reuck 1991, 41, right-hand row, seventh and eight from top. Length and width 31 and 11.5mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9C533D
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead button with solid plano-convex head and incomplete non-drilled loop. Decoration comprises concentric squares on a finely grooved ground. Diameter 15.5mm. Thickness of head 3.5mm. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B7644
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval copper alloy rotary key, bow, end of hollow, drilled shank and half of elaborate asymmetrical bit missing. The hollow shank is of sub-square cross-section. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 313. Extant length 50mm. The bit projects 13mm from the shank. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B5D2B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast lead token, uniface, with the letter H occupying most of the obverse. Diameter 15mm. 17th - 18th century,
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B4465
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper-alloy buckle plate, D-shaped with pin slot, frame recesses and remains of three rivet holes, both sides and back-part missing. Engraved bordering lines and rocker-arm follow the curve of the sides and inside edge and cross from side to side behind the broken fold. Surviving length 26mm. Surviving width 27mm. Late 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B40A9
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular swivelling central loop of a medieval to post-medieval purse bar of Ward Perkins' (1940) Type B5 with a triple ribbed collar between the loop and the shank. Height 30mm. Width 21mm. c.1500 - c.1550.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B0A3E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy angled double-looped asymmetrical buckle frame with the remains of an iron plate and pin on the bar, much iron corrosion. Straight outside edge, rounded inside edge with damaged pointed knop projecting from the centre. Narrowed central bar projects onto sides. Length 25mm. Width 15mm. The overall form is close to that of Whitehead 2003 no. 582. c.1575 - c.1700.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
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Record ID: BH-9B05DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold noble of Edward III (1327 - 1377). Fourth Coinage, Pre-Treaty period coin, struck in 1356 (crown initial mark). Mint of London. North Series F, no. 1173 (1975: 39). Diameter: 32.8mm; thickness: 0.9mm. Weight: 7.45g.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 5th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felmingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-9AE93A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval lead standing weight of tapering octagonal cross-section. Base 14 x 12.5mm. Height 22mm. Weight 20.34g / 314.0 grains / 0.7175oz Avoirdupois. Perhaps for three quarters of an ounce.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9AB7D4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sheet copper alloy end-caps from medieval scale-tang knives, both trapezoidal and both with remains of iron within a small perforation nearer to the broad end, cf. Cowgill et al. 1987, nos.123 and 308. Late 14th - 15th century: - slightly curved, 36 x 13.8 - 8mm, a very large example. - narrow end bent backwards, 19.5 x 8 - 5mm.
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 16th September 2014
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