Record ID: LVPL-218CBD
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date (c.AD 1350-1550). The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge. Two pointed attachment loops are positioned at the mid-point of the next, one on opposite sides. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. Both faces are decorated with a raised design; one face presents a rounded bodied flask in the centre that extends into the neck of the ampulla. A retrograde R is positioned above the vessel. The base is decorated with triangles along the rim with diagona…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7D0635
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete medieval copper-alloy one-piece book fastening of Howsam’s (2016) type A.9.2. It consists of a flat rectangular and hollow plate (or box), open at the attachment end to receive the strap, and a lonzengiform quatrefoil boss projecting from the opposite end followed by a zoomorphic (animal-headed) looped terminal with a separate ring attached. There is a circular hole on the underside of the boss to fit onto a peg mounted on the book cover. Close to the attachment end there are a pair of rivet holes on both the front and rear parts of the plate. One of these reta…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9DAFF0
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Book clasp of Howsam's type A.3, probably 15th or 16th century, now slightly bent. It is made from two sheets of copper alloy, a front sheet with flared end and hook, and a shorter rectangular backplate, joined by a copper-alloy rivet. The front plate is mainly 9.1m wide, the flared end broken across a rivet hole which is surrounded by a groove. There is decoration of neat transverse grooves, perhaps in pairs, now hard to see; other decoration may now have vanished. The hook is 3.6mm wide. Length 44.0mm, maximum width 10.7mm, thickness of front plate 0.7mm, weight 2.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-AEBE53
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Late Saxon lead weight, conical with hollow underside and X-shaped rib on the upper part. Some small irregular indentations near the base are probably deliberate. In rather abraded condition. Height 12mm. Diameter 14mm. The height of the hollow on the underide 10mm. Weight 8.52g, perhaps for one third of a weight unit of 26.6g (8.86g) postulated for Viking Dublin (Kruse 1992, 86). No. 6 on annotated map in file.
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-AFAC28
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Early Saxon gilt copper alloy wrist-clasp hook-plate of Hines' (19993) Form B18 f. A small part of one of the attachment loops on the rear edge is missing. Extremely close to Spong Hill grave 42.4 (Hills et al. 1984, 96, fig. 98). 17.5 x 35mm. Early 6th century. No. 14 on annotated map in file.
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-01AD61
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Apparently complete unidentified copper alloy object of unknown date, a rectangular piece of thick sheet rolled into a U-sectioned tube and decorated externally with nine carefully engraved, parallel, transverse lines. Length 14mm. Unrolled width 17mm. Thickness 0.5mm. Clearly not recent.
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C74951
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch with rear hook, the spring, the pin, the lower part of the bow and the catchplate missing. The very short wings are decorated with a flute, and on the broad flat bow a median flute is flanked bypairs of grooves. The bow begins to widen before the break. Best described as an oddity. Wingspan 16.5mm. Extant length 20mm. c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Friday 20th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-FDF930
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy pin with globular head and an integral collared shaft. The shaft is bent once (around 70-80 degrees) and may be complete. It measures approximately 42mm from the collar at base of the head to the tapering but blunt tip. The head is almost entirely covered with punched ring-and-dot impressions. There are four on the upper hemisphere, surrounding a small slightly-flattened area directly on top (opposite the shaft), seven around the middle, and six surrounding the shaft on the underside, none of which are particularly regularly-spaced.  The shaft is …
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C77452
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy probably military harness fitting, a strap slide consisting of a flat oval plate with an integral rectangular loop on the reverse. Parts of the interior of the loop are blocked with fired clay, indicating that the object is unfinished. 22 x 18.5mm. Thickness 6.5mm. Loop 12.5 x 3.5mm internally. 2nd - 3rd century.
Created on: Friday 20th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-6C7E06
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One half of a post-medieval sheet copper alloy tongue-shaped buckle plate broken across the fold, with a pin slot, one iron rivet near the narrow rounded inside edge and a maker's stamp TG. Length 26.5mm. Width 11.5mm. c.1660 - c.1720.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-6DA331
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an Early Saxon gilt copper alloy Great square-headed brooch, the headplate only, missing the lower part of the inner and second panels, the pin lug and the junction with the bow. All breaks and cracks are quite recent. The frame is decorated with large V-shaped stamped impressions and stamped annulets around the second panel. The latter contains moulded running S-shaped mouldings and straight engraved lines, both horizotnal and vertical. In the inner panel a pair of square apertures flank an engraved rectangle. Hines 1997 Group XVI. Width 58mm. Extant length 36mm. c.510 - c.550.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-49D2C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ovoid annular brooch. The frame is of concave-sided square cross-section, twisted cable-style, with a row of filigree pellets along each face and a pin constriction which holds a D-section silver pin, now broken near the loop. In rather fragile condition. Dimensions: External diam. 16 x 14mm. Weight 0.68g. Very similar to an example from Stanfield, Norfolk (HER 7241, 2002 T151, Treasure Annual Report 2002, 80, no.76). Date: 13th or 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-50E811
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle with a rectangular frame and a tapering D-section pin. The frame is convex on the inner face, while outer face of the bar and the outside edge have been filed to produce a sharp longitudinal arris. 17 x 27mm (11 x 21mm internally). 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-417025
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval oval buckle frame, part of one side and all of offset bar missing. Prominent obliquely set knop at both ends of outside edge, which has three filed grooves, the largest in the centre. 20 x 16.5mm. Cf. knops of Dress Accessories no.299. 14th century.
Created on: Monday 1st December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-50FDD5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle with incomplete double-looped frame, both loops probably rectangular and part of strip pin in paler green surfaced alloy. The sides and the surviving outside edge are bevelled externally. Length (assuming central bar) 29mm, width 24mm. Late 13th to 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-513FD6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval pentagonal buckle frame with scalloped external angles, most of narrow central bar missing, very worn. External diameter maximum 38mm, internal diameter 27mm. Cf. Norwich Households no.157 and Whitehead (2003) nos.272-4. 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-51DA72
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval double-looped, gilded copper-alloy buckle frame, both loops trapezoidal, large scrolled extensions at both ends of outside edge. Both bar and outside edge are externally moulded. Compare Whitehead (2003) no.527. 28 x 42mm. c.1620 - c.1680.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-51BC34
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval tailor's thimble or sewing ring with four rows of round indentations. Slightly squashed. Height 8.5mm. Diameter c.20mm. 15th or 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-52B8F5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval thimble with slightly wavy incised line below a continuous spiral of round drilled indentations on sides and crown. Made from stamped sheet. A seam is visible internally, and an accidental hole cuts through this at the angle between side and crown. Diameter 16.5mm. Height 17mm. 16th century. Weight 3.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-523391
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval composite strap-end with a forked spacer, ends of forks and one sheet plate missing, the other plate recently broken in two. Spacer secured by a rivet near the collared knop, another rivet near straight attachment edge for strap. Very fine transversely engraved lines on the knop, which is of similar form to Dress Accessories nos.680 and 684. 35 x 15mm. 14th - early 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.