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Record ID: NMS250
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy side knob from an early cruciform brooch, deep transverse groove flanked by two pairs of transverse lines, narrowed at tip, slight irregular hollow on reverse. Detachable and pierced longitudinally for iron pin to hold spring, fragment remains in hole.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FRAMINGHAM EARL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS254
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy, gilded pendant, disc with circular central perforation bordered by two incised lines. Decorated with three radiating narrow incised rectangles containing transverse lines and single inward pointing V-shaped perforation bordered by twin incised lines, the outer edge of the V-shaped perforation is broken with the remains of one of originally two projecting flanking scrolls. Diameter 33mm.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK STOKE HOLY CROSS', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS258
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Winchester strap end, tongue-shaped cast open-work, two rivet holes with remains of rivets at split attachment edge, transverse rib above four pairs of tendrils which spring from a central stalk with V-shaped divisions and ring-and-dot.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WHISSONSETT', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS238
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hooked tag, one pierced attachment lobe and the hook missing. The plate is circular (diameter 17mm) and a dome-headed rivet passes through the centre. An equal- and expanding armed cross is made from four arcs set within an engraved circular border. The triangular arms of the cross are decorated with fine dots (known as speckling or pecking) and the spaces between them are occupied by four shield-shaped fields containing an engraved design of a pair of leaves sitting on a semi-circle base; the design resembles a fleur-de-lis. Niello inlay remains in many of the engraved lines. …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WHISSONSETT', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS234
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gilt silver ?pin head, part of a roundel with chip-carved interlace of ?animal. The ribbons of the interlace have a linear inlay of niello or silver (good parallel from Flixborough, see Antiquity). 8th century. Update: This is probably the same item as recorded in the Treasure Annual Report for 2000 (TAR 2000, 57, no. 81, M&ME 256). The description there is as follows: "8th to 9th century. Date of discovery 1998. Quadrant of a small silver disc with some gilding on the front surface, with sinuous ornament cast in low relief inside a plain border. The hind quarters of …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BAWSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS235
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver wrist-clasp of Hines's Form B17, with conjoined knobs along the rear edge and a patch of solder in front from a missing tube or bar. Late 5th or 6th century.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2001
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST WALTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS219
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Wrist-clasp of Hines form B4, a T-shaped copper alloy bar which would have been fixed by means of a (missing) iron pin through the two (incomplete) pierced lugs on the reverse to a (missing) iron plate. On the front the end of each arm expands into a panel of Style 1 ornament, partly covered by gilding, with edges which conform to the shape of the elements of the ornament itself. In the centre a square panel with a raised frame has a central frame around a deep empty depression. The panel would once have contained some form of setting. Iron corrosion products are particularly evident …
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FELTWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS216
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast bronze open-work mount. 'Knotted' octagonal centre with one or two small pin holes in bottom angles. The knots continue outside the design at the top to make two lugs with smaller perforated attachment plates. At least two attachment pins still in situ. Circa 10th-11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK KETTERINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS196
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE stirrup-strap mount, Williams Class A, Type 4, closest to fig.27, no.79 (Williams 1997) but with one rather than two fixing holes through angled flange. 27 x 51mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK DICKLEBURGH AND RUSHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS175
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy mount, probably from horse-harness. It is cast in one piece with stamped decoration. In shape it is a rectangle, with each short end extended into a triangle, one with an expanded circular terminal. It has two attachment holes, and in the centre of a raised boss, which is surrounded by a starburst of triangular stamps, is a perhaps circular setting of enamel, now red. 6th century. POL Compare BUC-274EA2, NMS-7069EC and BUC-1FB411, which have similar lozenge-and-roundel shapes.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2001
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FRING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS165
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE pin, fragment with collared shaft. Facetted head (8 x 10mm) has ring-and-dot decoration. Similar to, although slightly smaller than, a pin from Middle Harling (Margeson 1995, EAA 74, fig. 35, no.9).
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CONGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS168
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lead trial-piece (or ?patron, cf. East 1986, 1-2, Med. Arch.), for Winchester-style strap-end. Tongue-shaped, broken, attachment end missing. Cast decoration of central stem flanked by pairs of leaves. 25mm wide. Tenth or eleventh century.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2001
Last updated: Saturday 28th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CONGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS150
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small-long brooch, fragment of bow, facetted panel, transverse moulding and sub-triangular foot (20mm wide), catch-plate on reverse. Traces of silvering overall.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS151
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch foot. Part of the horse’s head, with transverse moulding above and protruding eyes. The fragment is broken at each end. The reverse is concave. In poor condition, burnt and slightly distorted.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS152
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Swastika stud (21 x 17mm), silvering on face, short shank on reverse (3mm long).
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS153
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
head-plate from small-long brooch, Leeds cross-potent derivative type with circular notches at each corner and in centre of each side. Broken at bow. Pierced double-lug and iron staining on reverse. 23 x 17mm.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS156
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of the open-work outer shell of a double-shelled oval or 'tortoise' brooch. Made from gilded bronze, only one end survives, with an open-work boss which resembles an animal's head. This sits at the curved edge where the outer shell would have sat on the inner. From the top of the ?head runs a band of transverse ribbing interrupted in the centre by 3 longitudinal grooves. One side of this is broken but the other ends in an inward-curling spiral, above which is more transverse ribbing. Either side of this central band are narrower bands which radiate out from the boss. These 2 band…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WORMEGAY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS144
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small-long brooch, bent and broken, plain head-plate small with small attached knobs (part of one missing), flattened behind with broken lug for pin and iron staining. Facetted bow with longitudinal groove between two transverse grooves. Foot and catch-plate missing. Dimensions (at least) 28 x 43mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK OXBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS145
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Strap-end, broken, cast mask with prominent eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth below two fragmentary panels of longitudinal interlace. Strap-end tapers to bar-like foot with two transverse engraved lines above rivet hole. 13 x (at least) 30mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK OXBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS146
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE pin, fragment with collared shaft (6mm long) and plain facetted head (7 x 10mm). TF 70** 07**.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.