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Record ID: NMS246
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and sapphire medieval finger-ring. Oval bezel, flat at back, with milled border. Central raised sub-oval collet with pale to mid blue stone still in place (termed 'sapphire' in the Treasure Annual Report, so perhaps analysed at the British Museum). Bezel of a noticeably redder gold than hoop. Plain slender flat-section hoop which appears to be soldered to the bezel at the shoulders. Height 23mm max. Width 18mm max. Probably 13th century.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WIVETON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS247
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. Central lonzengiform collet with four claws. Rounded bumps at base of both lateral claws. Stone missing. Scalloped shoulders. Heavy moulded cable hoop, tapering slightly to base. Immediately below both shoulders the cabling is decorated with two moulded oak leaves. H. 26mm. W. 24mm max. cf. Oman 523. Probably 15th C.+
Created on: Friday 8th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK REEPHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS248
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of sheet silver ?thimble/decorative strip. Folded and creased. Base decorated with a single row of punched dots and a legend enclosed between two pairs of parallel lines. Legend difficult to read but appears as GOD * FEAR E . Upper edge delineated by two parallel lines. Centre area decorated with a band of poorly executed 'linked' hexagonal motifs, surrounded by and enclosing punched dots. Right-hand edge appears to be cut. No evidence for cap or top and the long edges are approximately parallel. No evidence of solder at rear. L. circa 42mm. W. 21mm max. The running hexagonal…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WICKMERE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS237
Object type: TOY
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE cast leg from ?toy o r?statuette (length 69mm), solid cast in the round, with socket at thigh, short integral burred over stud at base of heel occupying full width, short foot with straight inside edge and sharp obliquely angled outside edge to form shape at toes (length 17mm).
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK REPPS WITH BASTWICK', 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: NMS241
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower is little more than a low ridge which gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are six raised ribs (1-6 respectively) in two groups of three separated by a 2-4mm gap in the centre. The two outermost ribs follow a furrow which emphasises the prominent edge of the rectangular-sectioned body. The two innermost ribs (3&4) fall steeply and then gently curve around the outer ribs (1&2 & 5&6) to join this prominent edge at a point ¾ of the way down the body. Thus the two pa…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS242
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower is little more than a low ridge which gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are six raised ribs (1-6 respectively) in two groups of three separated by a 2-4mm gap in the centre. The two outermost ribs follow a furrow which emphasises the prominent edge of the rectangular-sectioned body. The two innermost ribs (3&4) fall steeply and then gently curve around the outer ribs (1&2 & 5&6) to join this prominent edge at a point ¾ of the way down the body. Thus the two pa…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS243
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower is little more than a low ridge which gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are six raised ribs (1-6 respectively) in two groups of three separated by a 2-4mm gap in the centre. The two outermost ribs follow a furrow which emphasises the prominent edge of the rectangular-sectioned body. The two innermost ribs (3&4) fall steeply and then gently curve around the outer ribs (1&2 & 5&6) to join this prominent edge at a point ¾ of the way down the body. Thus the two pa…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS244
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Double mouth moulding, of which the upper is more prominent while the lower is little more than a low ridge which gives rise to a loop at the side of the body. Descending from the lower moulding are six raised ribs (1-6 respectively) in two groups of three separated by a 2-4mm gap in the centre. The two outermost ribs follow a furrow which emphasises the prominent edge of the rectangular-sectioned body. The two innermost ribs (3&4) fall steeply and then gently curve around the outer ribs (1&2 & 5&6) to join this prominent edge at a point ¾ of the way down the body. Thus the two pa…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST RUDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS360
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unusual silver hooked tag with lozenge shaped plate with ribbed rim around a cell sunken, possibly for enamel (now missing), with a raised silver cylinder to form a dot in the middle of the enamel. There is a blob or knop at each of three corners and a triple blob or trefoil knop at the fourth. On the reverse it can be seen that a hook has broken off at this triple blob and there are also 2 scars from a transverse bar forming a loop just above the centre. 16th century. Dimensions: 29mm overall length; 16mm diameter of backplate. Published in TAR 1998-1999, no. 254 (summary …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BRUNDALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS239
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver head-dress pin or bodkin of rectangular section, complete but bent into a tight S-shape. The terminal is a thistle with a possible crown on top, the crown pierced with a circular hole. Below are two rectangular slots with an engraved rosette between two pairs of transverse grooves. Below this the pin has bevelled edges and some geometric zigzag triangle engraving. Front and back are decorated identically. 47mm compressed length. Dutch, early C17. Published in TAR 2000, no. 199.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK POSTWICK WITH WITTON', 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.

Record ID: NMS236
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular fragment of gilded silver, perhaps from a brooch, with indeterminate cast counter-relief decoration of birds’ heads or foliage. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 96 per cent. Published in TAR 2001, no. 170, where it says: "Not earlier than 1700"; it was thought on first recording to be possibly medieval.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK RUNHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS232
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver conical boss with applied wire and pellet decoration (three pellets remain), probably part of hooked fastener, damaged, wire coming away from surface. Fragment of projecting bar for attachment through flat sheet on back of boss. Broadly similar to Margeson Ball-Headed Pins: A Typology, no.3. Diam 11mm. Published in TAR 2001, no. 149, but without an image.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HEVINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS233
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze conical button with flat bottom and V-bored holes, one slightly larger and not as circular as the other. The button reaches a flattened circular 'point' on the other side. Surface is quite pitted and the edges are worn/ broken away.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HOLME NEXT THE SEA', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS230
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE dolphin brooch, vertical line of tiny oblique stamps on bow framed on each outer edge, semi-tubular wings with twin transverse lines engraved at end of each wing, backward-hook, triangular catch-plate with fragment of corroded iron pin.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST WINCH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS231
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy covered-loop terret. Triangular, leaf-shaped skirts, curling upwards on either side (one missing), and with single knop at point on front and back. Concealing broken fragment of iron loop, iron staining overall. Slightly concave collar below loop.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EAST WINCH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS225
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
AE belt mount in the form of cross botonee, central boss with incised saltire. Traces of iron rivet on reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EMNETH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS226
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy composite strap-end, front plate only, rivet at each end, narrows to terminal in form of cross patonce.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK EMNETH', grid reference and parish protected.