Record ID: NMS-ABAA90
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silvered head of iron pin or needle. A double-ribbed collar decorated with vertical grooves encloses a socket for the iron shank. Above the collar a female bust in high relief is worn and the facial features are missing. A discoidal terminal on the top of the head is pierced by an off-centre round aperture and is decorated on both faces with curving lines of punched dots. An ovoid and slightly concave patch of dark reduced fired clay visible in the centre of the reverse of the bust is surrounded by a raised rim of metal which is turn is surrounded by a dull grey deposit that is probab…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2710D6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified corroded iron object, probably a handle from a key or a similar object. A faceted suspension loop, collared, above a transverse moulding which continues as short projections to either side above a rectangular sectioned shaft with a median arris or casting seam on either short side, and terminating in a break. Width of projections 14mm. Width of shaft 8mm. Thickness 5mm. Surviving length 52mm. Similar to Roman key handles in Crummy (1983, 125, fig.139 no.4145 and 126, fig.140 no.4150).
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-EC5EA7
Object type: HOB NAIL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two iron cast hobnails. A conical head, almost rectangular in plan but triangular in section, and a broken stem which is square in section. Although it is rare for iron nails to survive for a prolonged period, this size and shape conforms to known examples of Roman hobnails. The longest is 17mm long, broken at the tip. The head is 9mm long and 6.5mm wide. It weighs 0.7g. the other is 12mm long from the head to the break. the head is 10.5mm long and 7mm wide. It weighs 0.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-953034
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, iron spearhead of probable Roman date, c. 50-410. The spear is very corroded, with considerable expansion through the corrosion process, distorting the shape and measurements. The majority of the blade is missing, but the remaining elements indicated a leaf-shaped blade on a socket. The corrosion is such that the shoulders of the blade appear to merge with the top of the socket, and no edge remains.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
Spatial data recorded.