Record ID: NMS-7FA925
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Plate brooch, oval, broken outer edge, sexfoil comprising circular central cell containing greenish decayed remains of enamelling, radiating foils and border of zig-zag line between concentric line and outside edge, remains of orange/red enamelling. Remains of double pin-lug on reverse, most of other lug for catch-plate missing. 32 x 34mm. 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F93E8
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Mid/Late Saxon hooked tag, slightly trapezoidal, decoration comprises remains of two pairs of broad flat ribs with stamped ring-and-dot between three and below one narrow knurled ribs, broken across one of two perforations for attachment in corners of upper edge, >17 x >14mm. Cf. Margeson (in Rogerson 1995) 56-8, fig.39. 8th-11th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F85C2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Medieval copper alloy strap-end, rectangular with two surviving original edges, corner of attachment end pierced by single rivet-hole, decorated with oblique and horizontal lines of engraved rocker-arm, >13 x >14mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F7E61
Object type: FURNITURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post Medieval furniture escutcheon or lock-plate, elaborate sub-bell-shaped with broken corner and perforated lobe, engraved foliate decoration, >28 x 42mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F7538
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval buckle frame, broken double-oval with narrowed central bar that projects beyond frame, pin missing, cast rosette on surviving outside edge, 45 (reconstructed) x 24mm. Cf. Whitehead (2003) nos.407-8. 1550-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F6A68
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete purse bar, very broad and short shield-shaped central boss with stumps of missing arms and circular pendant loop with integral rivet, cast conical rove at foot, >24 x 44mm. Cf. LMMC Type B3 (1967, Fig.52). 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F5AC0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval/Post Medieval Belt mount, lozengiform openwork (17 x 24mm), two integral rivets on reverse, bent to hold width of 3mm. Cf Read (2001), fig.7, no.71. 15th-16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F46C7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy book clasp of Howsam type A.8.1. Rectangular plate folded widthways, with recesses cut at the fold to form a central loop. Upper plate notched at corners to form trefoils at all corners, with additional central notch in attachment end, pierced by copper alloy rivet at each corner and larger central perforation, 20 x 37mm. Compare NMS-894C88, NMS-DBF206 SF6887. Composite hinged book clasps in Egan (1998 fig.214, no. 925) are dated to the 14th-15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forncett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F3D28
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy La Téne III brooch, bent one piece, broken where tapering for spring with plain tapering bow and broken trapezoidal catch-plate, 4 x >37mm. 1st century BC/early AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mettingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F2FA1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete buckle, fragment of rectangular frame, part of both convex sides with vestigial transverse ridge at corners, offset narrowed bar, fragment of sheet pin, slightly tapering rectangular sheet plate folded widthways with pin-slot and recessed for frame, pierced by copper alloy rivet at attachment-end, 32 x 18mm. Cf. Dress Accessories fig.61, nos.437-8. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mettingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F1F93
Object type: PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment very probably from a processional cross, broken and distorted, part of heavily-cast concave-sided circular frame (diameter 60mm) with offset flange on inside edge and projecting elaborate openwork elaborate quatrefoil, each foil with circular perforation and elongated projecting lobe between foils on three outer edges, cracked and bent around onto side. The frame is pierced by a single copper alloy rivet with burred-over head. The quatrefoil has engraved linear decoration on both sides. 15th century. Very similar to openwork mounts and frames around the edge of a 1…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mettingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F1146
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness mount or pendant, cracked and bent, cut sheet, shield-shaped with rounded shoulders, broken mushroom-shaped projection with break at apex where suspension-loop or lug missing, shield thinning towards broken point, 32 x >45mm. Engraved decoration comprises an inverted fleur-de-lis on field of engraved rocker-arm. 12th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7F0345
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of buckle plate, crude rectangular back-part, with pin-slot and slightly recessed for frame, corroded iron rivet at attachment-end, >46 x 13mm.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EFCB3
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Spur rowel, cast with central perforation and seven points, each of which has traces of foliate relief decoration and black enamelling, diameter 22mm. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EF362
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Buckle plate (31 x 15mm) with pin slot, foliate decoration and trefoil terminal, pierced by two rivet-holes one with corroded iron rivet. Cf. Whitehead (2003), no.423. c.1550-1650.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EEA87
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete hooked tag, very corroded, loop missing, circular with cast openwork arrangement of tiny central boss in centre of four radiating fleurs-de-lis, end of hook broken, 15 x >27mm. Late 16th-17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EDDA5
Object type: BALANCE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Folding balance arm, two D-sectioned rectangular plates containing perforated pointer soldered into centre and broken riveted folding arm at both angled ends, 30 x 21mm. Cf. Egan (1998) fig.243, no.1055. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7ECEB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British fragment of Headstud brooch, lower part of bow and leg, vertical line of lozengiform cells between inward-pointing triangular cells enamel missing, transverse moulding above button foot, broken triangular catch-plate on reverse. 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EC162
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon Strap-end, very worn tongue-shaped with rounded split attachment-end pierced by single copper alloy rivet and very stylised animal-head terminal, 8 x 29mm. 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7EB101
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Furniture fitting, fragment of mount or binding strip from casket, copper alloy rivet with irregular projecting head in centre of trapezoidal plate, from the sides and centre of the broad end of which project the broken stumps of narrowed bars, perhaps originally in the form of a spindly trefoil or fleur-de-lis or with central bar with sides curling to flank animal-head terminal at the narrow end of the plate. The stylised animal-head is cast, half-round, with angular features comprising pointed, twin engraved chevrons on brow and opposed concave hollows suggesting the eyes an…
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7E9657
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Fragment of Crossbow brooch, half of separate cross-arm only, triangular in plan, broken across perforation for missing bow at central apex, rib and V-shaped groove at integral collared conical knob at terminal, notch in point, length >25, diameter of knob 12mm. Cf. Swift’s (2000) Type 3/4, fig.5, closest to an example from Neuberg an-der-Donau. 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7E86E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval gilt Buckle, very corroded oval frame with broad flat-backed outside edge with constriction for sheet roller decorated with traces of horizontal groove, broken offset narrowed bar with flattened D-sectioned pin, 14 x 22mm. Cf. broadly similar example in Dress Accessories (1991), fig.42, no.270. 12th-13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7E74D1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age La Téne III type brooch, four coils, internal chord below shallow arched rectangular-sectioned bow decorated with twin vertical broad and shallow grooves above two transverse grooves, damaged triangular catch-plate, 12 x 33mm. 1st century BC/early AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7E5FC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small Romano-British Dolphin brooch, very corroded, damaged and short wings obscured by iron corrosion, broken lug for missing spring, vertical median rib on D-sectioned bow, foot and catch-plate missing, >13 x >30mm. c.40-65 AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A9E28
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Thimble, spiral of dots around sides and on dome leaving small area in centre, approximate diameter 20mm (slightly squashed), height 23mm. Cf. Egan (1998) The Medieval Household, fig.206, no.831. 14th 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-6A89B1
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper allloy composite folding strap clasp, incomplete sheet folding-end, separate circular-sectioned bar inserted into drilled holes in flat-sectioned rectangular sheet frame (16 x 17mm), rectangular plate folded widthways (24 x 15mm), slightly recessed for frame, decorated with rocker-arm line at attachment edge, pierced by two copper alloy rivets. Cf. Dress Accessories (1991), fig.78, no.566. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6A6FF5
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval fragment of purse bar, inverted pear-shaped loop and collared integral shank, 18 x 55mm. Cf. LMMC Type B1-2 (1967, Fig.52). 16th century.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendling', 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

Record ID: NMS-169453
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British Fitting from furniture, possibly part of a hinge, cut plate (1.5mm thick) folded widthways with internal wear, opposed semi-circular cut-outs on front and back parts broken across one set, terminal missing, surviving part tapers towards trefoil terminal pierced by iron rivet, 13 x 34mm.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.