Record ID: NMS-F5C55E
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete iron and copper alloy linch pin dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 100. The head is missing. The iron shank is now heavily corroded, the original cross-section indiscernible. The base of the shank fits into a socketed copper alloy foot. Sub-conical in form, traces of a moulded collar are visible at the mouth of the socket under a layer of iron corrosion. Just below, on one side only is a moulded relief ring-and-dot motif. The foot curves along its length and expands into a discoidal terminal. The face of the terminal exhibits a raised circular border expanding in width from…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-666A8D
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron cannonball of probable post medieval date (c. AD 1575 - 1700). Heavily corroded with a flaking surface. H. L. Blackmore (1976, 392ff.) suggests that cannon balls of this form may have been fired from a post-medieval 'falconet' cannon. As this type endured from the later 16th century through the following century, with slight fluctuations in its diameter and weight of shot. Weight: 528g, diameter: 51.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-39DB86
Object type: CUTLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron and copper alloy handle from an item of cutlery, probably a knife, dating to the period c. AD 1650 - 1850. It consists of a central iron tang, now heavily corroded, sandwiched between two covex sheet copper alloy plates. The plates exhibit a scrolling foliate design in low relief. Each plate is held in place by two rivets spaced evenly along the surviving length. The tang and both plates all termnate in old breaks. See also: BH-C67493.
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E9F9D8
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron key of post medieval date. The majority of the bow is missing; a short length projects from one side of the shank and terminates in a worn break. There does not appear to be a collar separating shank and bow. The shank appears to be solid and exhibts a moulded double collar just above the projecting rectangular bit. A single cleft divides the bit into two opposing wards. The shank projects slightly beyond the ward, terminating in a transverse break. The size of the key would suggest it was used in a substantial rotary door lock, rather than for a casket. Door locks …
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: NMS-8AD68E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval to post medieval iron and copper alloy knife dating to the period c. AD 1450 - 1750. It consists of a fragment of the iron tang which has been sheathed in sheet copper alloy. There is a large crack running down one side. Due to the fragmentary nature of this artefact, it has not been possible to assing a narrow date range.
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-D4B6AF
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and warped fragment from a medieval iron barrel padlock of Goodall's (in Biddle, 1990) Type D dating to the period c. AD 1066 - 1500. The remaining fragment consists of part of the case which is constructed of a series of pieces of sheet iron brazed together. There is a longitudinal strengthening strip visible running down the exterior of the case. The copper alloy brazing fluid has coated the surface of the object, forming a protective layer around the iron plates. Similar padlocks recovered from excavated contexts in Winchester are discussed in Biddle, M, et al, 1990, …
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
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