Record ID: BH-6A5091
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy buckle frame of medieval date, now rather bent. The frame was originally oval, and measures 22.3mm wide by 15.3mm high and 0.9mm thick. At the bottom is a narrowed and slightly offset bar of squashed rectangular cross-section. The top and bottom sides bow outwards slightly and the outer edge is slightly thickened with a projecting lobe at either corner. At the centre of the outer edge is a pin rest with a separate copper-alloy roller. The object is corroded and the pin is missing. It weighs 1.91g. Similar buckle frames with projecting lobes to the outer edge can be se…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Royston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6A53C4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age copper alloy decorative mount, probably of mid to late 1st century AD date. The perforated copper alloy mount or escutcheon is probably from a vessel. The mount is likely to be complete with a length of 23.05mm, a width of 15.89mm and a depth of 21.45mm. The sides of the mount are flat and converge towards the ‘beaked’ end. A circular perforation with a diameter of 6.6 - 7.6mm penetrates both sides near their top. A smaller perforation with a diameter of 5.0mm meets the first opening from below. The base of the mount has an integral circular pin, presumably for attachm…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: ESS-6A6E94
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman glass prismatic bottle. The clearly defined 90-degree angle on the fragment shows that it is a body sherd from one corner of a square shaped bottle. Apart from the one clear edge, the fragment is irregular to both sides. It is made from a thick, light blue-green glass with a high number of bubbles. The fragment is 34.48mm long, 4.2mm thick and weighs 4.02g. Bottles with square bodies were in use in the 1st and 2nd centuries. They were used for the transport and storage rather than as tablewares. See Cool and Price, 1995, Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchest…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A5D76
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval hooked bar mount, possibly from horse harness, D-sectioned bar with slight arris, integral rivet on reverse at one end, distorted D-sectioned hook at other end (7 x 45mm), very sooted. 13th–14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A4C87
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of mirror case, slightly convex cast disk (dia.29mm), remains of single lug on one side, containing copper alloy rivet for hinge. Traces of decoration with double lines of opposed, punched triangles forming outline of crude rounded open cross. 24 x 19 mm. Cf. Dress Accessories (1991) 361-5, fig.241, nos.1714-5. Late 14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Sunday 26th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A3C91
Object type: HASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/Post Medieval hasp, cast slightly tapering sub-rectangular with rectangular slot with circular-sectioned bar for hinge at one end, series of narrow and broad transverse ribs at right-angled bend in middle of surviving length, broken at other end, 28 x >48mm (unbent).
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A2DE4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Key for casket, hollow shank, projections at upper and lower egde giving the appearance of a collared lozengiform bow with rectangular bit with notch on outside edge, 41 x 15mm. Cf. Med. Household. (1998), fig.86. 12th-13th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A15E3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite hooked strap-end. Front plate comprises tongue-shaped sheet with notched trefoil perforation between two notches at attachment end, narrowed terminal recessed and curled-round onto reverse to form broad hook. Two rivets at attachment end and single rivet with integral loop projecting forward from face secure shortened back-plate to reverse, leaving 3mm gap at upper end for belt or strap. 18 x 30mm. Cf. Ottaway and Rogers (2002), fig.1474, no.15197 and Hare (1985) Battle Abbey, fig.51, nos.70-1. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Sunday 8th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6A1525
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Roman glass, probably from a conical beaker used for drinking. The glass fragment is colourless, small and irregular. The profile of the fragment suggests it is from the concave bottom of the vessel, perhaps the very centre as there is a central dimple and nipple. The fragment is 1.62mm thick and weighs 0.33g. Conical beakers of greenish glass dominate 4th century assemblages, however there may be evidence that colourless beakers were produced from the late 3rd century (see Cool and Price, 1995, Roman vessel glass from excavations in Colchester, 1971-1985, page 90).
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sible Hedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69F2C4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Fragment of spur, curving D-sectioned side with broken figure-of-eight terminal set at a right angle, >86mm. 14th century. Second fragment of spur, curving flattened pointed oval-sectioned side with angled terminal with shaped upper edge with transverse rib, lower edge with V-shaped notch ending in circular perforation between two larger circular perforations, >77mm. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69D996
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy figure of a kneeling knight, bent with slightly hollowed reverse, pierced by two rivet-holes, 39 x 50mm. Probably part of a larger scene with other figures from furniture, perhaps a chest or portable retable or antependium for an altar. The knight has ‘bobbed’ hair and is shown wearing a hooded robe with sword by his left side, genuflecting on his left knee with head slightly bowed and clasped hands raised together in supplication or prayer. Cf. A sleeping knight from a depiction of the Resurrection in Ashley, Rogerson and Geake (2000) ‘A Reclining medi…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swannington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-699AD4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age ‘Horn Cap’. This is an enigmatic type of object as no one is clear what they were made for. Horn Caps, however, were almost certainly not made to fit on the end of the axle of an Iron Age chariot. There are probably only about 20 or so Horn Caps in Museums or private collections. They have only been found in Britain, and have never been found in other parts of Europe. Horn Caps were made in the Middle and Late Iron Age (c.300 BC to AD 43), Several have been found with other Iron Age objects, and 4 other Horn Caps have decoration on their top surfaces.…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braintree area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-69D233
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount. The mount is circular in plan and flat in section. One side is decorated with a moulded, slightly raised letter I entwined and passing through the centre bar of a letter S. Around the letters are irregular incised short dashes and lines, not quite cross-hatched, but used to fill the empty field around the central design. The reverse of the mount is plain. There are no signs of attachment to the reverse. The edges of the mount are irregular in places, but the object does appear to be mostly complete. The surface of the mount survives with an even mid green patin…
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Maplestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69C505
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Gilt buckle plate, D-shaped recessed for missing frame, slot for pin, folded widthways and shortened and narrowed on reverse, triple punched lines around border and tiny double lines of punched dots along edges of loops, three rivet-holes, one with copper alloy rivet cast in the form of an animal head, 23 x 34mm. Late 12th-13th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69B5D8
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead ampulla, elaborate quatrefoil // oblique crosshatching, one triangular lug survives, 33 x 54mm.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-69A9C0
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Lead cloth seal, a squirrel holding an nut in its forepaws // Individually crowned A and T (crowns of differing types)
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-699F63
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy mount, probably late medieval. The mount is subcircular in plan and domed in section with a recessed reverse. It shows a human face of indeterminable gender. The face is moulded with a hairstyle that frames each side of the face. It has a grooved centre parting with two transverse grooves that breaks the top of the hairstyle into three rows. There are incised diagonal lines along the rows of hair which give it a textured detail. The face is moulded with a prominent triangular nose, now slightly damaged. The eyes are formed from incised lentoids with central dots. The …
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Melford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-699D03
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Horse harness stud, shield-shaped with pointed shank on reverse (projects 17mm), very worn and corroded, traces of decoration survive. Blazon: a bend cotised between six lions rampant. The arms those of De BOHUN, Earls of Hereford and Essex.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-698753
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn and corroded "Shield of France" jetton dating from the 15th century (Mitchener, 1988, p. 224-230). It measures 22.3mm diameter by 1.2mm thick and weighs 1.94g.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-698A56
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Dolphin brooch, enclosed wings with ribs flanking three grooves at both ends, some iron corrosion, hinged pin missing, twin oblique grooves at top of bow, broken catch-plate on reverse, 30 x 34mm. C.55-80 AD.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston', grid reference and parish protected.