Record ID: NMS-E024E0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular (37mm x 32mm) mount from casket or chasse decorated with Limoges champlevé enamel in the form of a palmette. There are two fixing holes at the top corners and two more lower down within the scrolls of the design. The background is in dark blue and the motif in green, yellow, pale blue, white and red. The motif is not uncommon in 12th-century art and the use of enamel here is close to that in palmettes on quatrefoil medallions illustrated in Egan, T. ed. 1996, 152-3, cat. no.35). Last quarter of the 12th century.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5C8176
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A very unusual copper-alloy possible mount, most likely to be late early-medieval or Viking Age, 11th century in date, as it has Ringerike-style decoration. It is flat and measures 55mm in length and 30mm in width. Its plate is roughly rectangular in shape overall, with shaped edges. One terminal end has a central solid three-dimensional triangular projection or prong which curves up slightly from the plane of the plate; this is 15mm in length, 8mm in width and 7mm in thickness. The object resembles a bird, as it has oval incisions representing eyes and a longitudinal groove pr…
Created on: Friday 18th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-6E6AE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bar mount, rectangular in shape and measuring 14mm in length and 6mm in width. The front face of this mount has a central longitudinal ridge with a longitudinal border groove to either side of this. There is a circular central hole through the mount and a copper-alloy rivet through either end, these rivets has circular roves on their terminals. This bar mount is most likely to be medieval and circa 14th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southery', 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: 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.

Record ID: NMS-0AC108
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Gilt belt mount, rectangular with engraved fret (knot, saltire within lozenge) on field of stamped annulets within border, repoussé dot at each corner (apparently unfinished, un-pierced, no method of attachment), 15 x 25mm.
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-088222
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy Urnes-style mount from furniture or harness, very corroded cast openwork, decorated with an elaborate sinuous dragon-like beast in combat with a snake. The head of the beast faces left with open curling beak-like mouth, curved neck and horizontal body at the base of the sub-rectangular plate (33 x 40mm), the remainder of which is filled with beasts tail with trefoil terminal resting behind its curving neck and the interlaced body of the snake in a familiar motif of the Urnes style. There are six smaller holes around the outer edge, three of which contain corrode…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mautby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1D0312
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval belt mount, hollow-cast in the form of an animal-head (bear) with filed details of open mouth, ears, eyes and fur, pierced by rivet with remains of cloth and circular rove on reverse. Cf. similar, head of king and scallop-shaped, mounts from Westbury in Mills in Tattenhoe and Westbury (1995), fig.153, nos.62-3.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-882967
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete gilt copper alloy bar mount from horse harness, flat-sectioned horizontal bar, broken at one end, the other with double-cusped moulding at terminal with elongated triangular lobe, pierced by dome-headed rivet (almost biconical) bent to hold width of 3mm, at least 51 x 10mm. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C39AA4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt T-shaped fragment of mount or binding from furniture, broken at both ends, ‘T’ with ‘serifs’, and broken across rivet hole, rectangular boss on central bar, 21 x 21mm.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9FC11
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt mount from belt or harness, square boss with engraved segmented border, flanked by two opposed projecting fleurs-de-lis with engraved detail and lozengy cross-hatching on central foil, 15 x 36mm. There is a broad transverse groove on reverse of boss which is also pierced by a gilt copper alloy rivet, bent on reverse. 13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hainford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-00E3A6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon harness mount: bar mount (15 x 61mm) with projecting opposed cusped mouldings in centre, tapering towards perforated trefoil terminals (one damaged), both of which retain angled inwards and burred-over copper alloy separate rivets (length 6mm). Ringerike style engraved decoration comprises bordering line within which are three pairs of transverse lines, one in centre and one at both ends. 11th century. Other comparable Norfolk objects have been recorded from Horningtoft (HER 42698, NMS-612A52), Oxborough (HER 1021, NMS-C7FD43), North Lopham (HER 30954, NMS-8B8393), Rou…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whissonsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-02A7E0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon mount from furniture, worn and corroded, cast rectangular openwork plate (20 x 49mm), convex with hollow reverse from side to side, and slightly curved in same way from end to end, elaborate decorated with Urnes style zoomorphic interlace, one corner broken, single rivet-hole in each surviving corner, one containing copper alloy rivet (length 7mm). Mid-late 11th century. See Gurney 2005, fig. 8 C for drawings of this piece in three projections with a cross-section.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elsing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A9A44
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval tiny gilt mount from unidentified object, corroded animal mask, with triangular, muzzle or snout and two projecting ears, rather rat-like, appears unbroken with no trace of method of attachment, perhaps originally soldered, 12 x 13mm.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-806544
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Gilt mount from furniture or harness, rectangular plate with oblique crease across centre where anciently bent and subsequently straightened-out, broken across lower edge of perforated central lobe between double-convex upper edge, two rivet-holes at lower edge. Decorated with an eagle displayed on a field of stamped annulets, 22 x (at least) 34mm. Late 12th-13th century.
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E92C94
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon Urnes-style furniture fitting or harness mount, worn and corroded cast openwork, decorated with an elaborate sinuous dragon-like beast in combat with a snake. The head of the beast faces left with open curling beak-like mouth, curved neck and horizontal body at the base of the sub-rectangular plate (33 x 39mm), the remainder of which is filled with beasts tail with trefoil terminal resting behind its curving neck and the interlaced body of the snake in a familiar motif of the Urnes style. Many small holes, two at base broken, no rivets remain. Cf. similar mounts from Brampto…
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Strawless', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F6F521
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age Hemispherical domed mount with central perforation with enamelled decoration: in the centre three pointed oval cells forming a circle are surrounded by alternating round and triangular cells, all are part filled with pinkish enamel. Diameter 13mm, height 8.5mm. Rear concavity, diameter 7mm, depth 6mm, is covered with a ferrous deposit. Central hole 1mm. Of two similarly shaped objects found at Ashill (HER 8712) in 1979, one retained a rivet in the hole. Function is uncertain, but probably a personal ornament. 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0CD627
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Circular convex openwork mount with integral shank and sheet backplate. The cast, domed front is in the formed of a coiled snake with head projecting in the centre. Its body is emphasised by two lines of punched addorsed triangles and by six small apertures. The backplate, which was probably once wider than the front, acts as a rove, the end of the shank being bent around to retain it. Some rather thin material, cloth or leather, must have been gripped between the two parts. Diameter 22mm, height of front part 9mm. Probably 15th century.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wormegay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4AF137
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Harness mount, with integral rivet in centre of reverse, in the form of a swastika but with an extra projection between pair of arms. 24mm square. Rivet diameter 4mm, length 6mm.
Created on: Monday 25th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4CB933
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Post Medieval part of a decorative mount with hollow underside and one iron rivet, perhaps from a penknife.
Created on: Monday 25th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.