Record ID: NMS-A56E02
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon button from wrist-clasp of Hines Form B1: circular, flat-headed, with single, integral, marginally off-centre rivet. Diameter 16mm. Decoration consists of a single engraved trefoil with very slender (6.5mm x 1.5mm) leaves. Gilding is present in the leaves but not elsewhere. Round section rivet 8mm long, slightly tapering. It dates from c.475 - c.550 AD. The design is close to the stamped triskele patterns found on Scandinavian bevel-edged buttons of Hines Form B1iva (Hines 1993, fig.36a) but is also reminiscent of a cast four-leaved motif characteristic of rather earlie…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BF15A4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy knife handle, rectangular in plan and slightly curvilinear this handle measures 45.2mm in length, 11.2mm in width and 5.4mm in thickness. The terminal end is zoomorphic and although now worn and corroded probably originally intended to represent the head and curving neck of an animal, possibly a horse. The head is rounded and measures 9mm in height, 13mm in width and 8mm in thickness, it tapers towards the snout end. There is a curving rectangular shaft projecting from the underside of the back of the head and opposite this there is an incomplete para…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-CE0895
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap fitting most likely to be Roman in date. This strap fitting consists of a worn flat rectangular plate with a rectangular strap loop projecting from its back face. The rectangular plate measures 35mm in length and 14mm in width it is worn and its edges now rounded. The front face of the plate is decorated with two parallel longitudinal rows of lozenge shaped recessed cells. Each cell is filled alternately with red or white enamel. On the reverse face the integral rectangular strap loop measures 29mm in length and is 5mm in width it is 7mm a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CED1B0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy mount or strap fitting, most likely to be Roman in date. This mount is hexagonal in cross-section and has a domed front face and hollow back face. It measures c21mm by c21mm in size and 9mm in thickness. The domed front face has a central circular perforation which measures 4mm in diameter. Arranged at even intervals around the sides of the domed front face, radiating down from the central perforation there are six trapezoidal cells filled with blue and orange enamel alternately, some cells retain more of their enamel than others. There is a circular border g…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LANCUM-3BE956
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Penny of Eadmund North 697.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IHS-434B10
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy, vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, plain back other than raised midrib with suspension loop at top. Device: The head and neck of a young woman facing forward, wearing a barbette (strip of linen under the chin) and a pleated "pill-box" style hat. The whole within a neat line; a similar line visible at the outside edge of the matrix. Inscription: +SIGILL' IOHIS L' VEISE (Latin: The Seal of John le Veise). Le Veise might perhaps have become the modern surname Vaisey or similar, meaning 'playful' (Reaney and Wilson include medieval forms including le Veyse from 1270…
Created on: Monday 18th April 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-7A6B00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Silver threepence of James II, dated 1687.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-8DA204
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Greek coin.
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rockland St. Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-901675
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint end scraper. The proximal end, including the bulb, appears to be missing. There is short retouch at c. 50° along the distal edge. The dorsal left side is broken off (probably plough damage); the dorsal right side may also be broken off, although this could have been deliberately removed. No flake scar on the dorsal surface. Mottled cream/fawn flint. Late Neolithic-early Bronze Age. Length 24.00mm, width 20.02mm, thickness 7.14mm, weight 3.06g.
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E13821
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy ingot, rectangular-sectioned rectangular bar broken at both ends, two pairs of grooves bordering one face, 14 x (at least) 17mm, weighs 15.30g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E1A9D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic brooch, bird (duck), flat with three dimensional neck and head, head with (corroded) enamelled dots for eyes, wings close, enamelled panels on wings with traces of black enamel flanking body with alternating squares of red (3) and black (2) enamel, separated from tail by transverse knurled rib, tail with rectangle of black enamel flanked by two triangular cells of red enamel, broken chain-loop at end of tail, Twin lugs with fragment of copper alloy pin and broken catch-plate on reverse, 20 x (at least) 42mm. 2nd Century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E19235
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy strap or belt mount, medieval, circa 1300-1450 in date. This mount is roughly rectangular in plan measuring 19mm in length and 13mm in width. It has two opposing V-shaped notches in its centre, one terminal is square ended and the other rounded in shape. The transverse edge of the square ended terminal has a rectangular bar mount riveted onto it. The rivet is in the centre of this edge and parallel with another copper-alloy rivet which is in the centre of the opposing rounded terminal end.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E1D4B7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy D-shaped buckle frame of medieval circa 14th century date. This frame measures 23mm by 15mm in size. Projecting from the centre of the outer edge is a rounded knob. There are also small transverse ridges above where the bar meets the frame. The bar is narrowed.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E1DDD6
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy harness pendant suspension mount of late 12th- 13th century in date. This fragment is part of the lower edge of the pendant suspension mount, it has a central projecting rectangle of folded sheet copper-alloy, with a longitudinal rectangular slot cut through it. The back face of this sheet is now missing, it would have originally been folded back sharply and presumably soldered to the back face of the pendant suspension mount. Originally an iron horizontal bar would have run through the fold of this projection, from which the missing pendant would have hun…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E1D8D3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of spoon, heavily-cast with pear-shaped bowl and offset handle. The surviving integral part of the handle is a short, oval-sectioned and hollow shank with hammered facets, it expands to where an iron handle was inserted, a corroded fragment of which remains, 26 x 68mm (including iron frag, at least 73mm). Cf. more usual type with copper alloy bowl and handle in Crummy (1983) fig.73, no.2014. 2nd century AD
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-E1FF86
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy traders token of John Pratt of Stow Bridge, Norfolk, 1668 (Williamson 1967, 873, no 241).
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E20571
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy buckle frame, broken and distorted double-oval with narrowed central bar that projects beyond frame, pin missing, cast rosette on surviving outside edge, 44 x 28mm (reconstructed). Cf. Whitehead (2003) nos.407-8. 1550-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E22885
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy buckle, double trapezoidal frame with fragments of iron central spindle, broad central notches produce fluted effect around frame, 22 x 17mm. Late 17th-early 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E210E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy swivel. This swivel would have originally have consisted of two D-shaped loops, one with an integral bolt which would have fitted inside a hole in the straight bar of the other D-shaped loop. Only the first D-shaped loop now survives with its integral bolt. It measures 16mm in height and 13mm in width. The loop has a rectangular cross-section and its straight edge has projecting tips. The integral bolt which projects vertically from the centre of the underside of this straight edge is cylindrical in shape and incomplete due to old breaks, it measures 5…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E25990
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete monochrome glass bead of possible Anglo-Saxon date. This bead is circular in plan measuring 18.6mm in diameter and 7mm in thickness. It has a large circular central perforation, measuring 8mm in diameter. The glass is a light pale green in colour with air bubbles visible within the glass. There are circular marks around this bead, presumably where it has been worked. The pale colour is found on early Anglo-Saxon beads (e.g. Brugmann's Doughnut type) but is not particularly common in beads of this shape, which tend to be a deeper blue or green (e.g. Brugmann 2004, fig.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.