Record ID: LVPL-244E2D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mount dating to the medeival to post medieval period (c.AD 1400-1600). The mount is formed of a thin plate is lozenge in form. It has a scallop-shaped edges and each point is trilobed. Two opposite points are for attachment, one retains a rivet, the other is a small open perforation. The plate is decorated with circular apertures arranged with one in the centre and eight surrounding it. The surface is also decorated with deep incised lines, three at each point and more around the edge; most of these lines are gilded. The reverse is undecorated. The object …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-23C7D8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the medieval period  (c.AD 1200-1400). The mount comprises of a large open circle in the centre from which two arms extend from opposite sides. At the base of the arms is a rounded collar. The arms each present a tri-lobed, fleur de lis terminal, through the centre of which are a single rivet that protrude to the reverse. The reverse is undecorated but presents disagonal filing lines. The object has a smooth dark brown patina. Dimensions: Length 41.4mm; width 15mm; thicknes 1.9mm; weight 4.19g A similar, potentially unfinished, e…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-238F73
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pendant from a pendant mount dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1400). The pendant has a quadrilobate form with three curved edges and one straight to thread through the mount proper which is missing. The surface is undecorated and it has a dark brown/green patina. Dimensions: Length 12.5mm; width 12.5mm; thicknes 1.6mm; weight 0.9g A complete example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991: 221), see no. 1189 which is dated to c.AD 1350-1400.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8F373D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mostly complete copper alloy mount dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1600-1700). The mount is broadly in a quatrefoil shape with a cusp between each lobe to present the mount as a flower; one of the lobes is incomplete. In the centre is a large protruding pellet. The surface is decorated with incised lines to define the individual lobes and cusps. The reverse is slightly concave in the centre and two incomplete integral lugs are positioned at opposite ends of the mount. The mount has a light green patina. Dimensions: Length 30.4mm; width 24.2mm; thic…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8E8934
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1300-1400). The object is elongated in form with a central perforated lobe and two arms extending from opposite sides that present a smaller terminal lobe on each end. The terminal lobes each have a copper alloy rivet in place. All three lobes are filled with soil and corrosion. The object has a dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 23.8mm; width 8mm; thickness 2.9mm; weight 1.39g Similar mounts are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991:213-14 fig.134) which are dated to c.AD 1330-1380.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-141AED
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy asymmetrical flat mount with two round-sectioned integral attachment spikes on the reverse. Similar in form to many examples, e.g. SUR-2822FC, LIN-81712E and BH-B115A9, the latter with a list of others, but differing in one small detail: there are two small notches, rather than one, in the centre of the heart-shaped end. Both spikes, complete and not bent, taper along their length to a point and would not have been attached to leather with any confidence. Weight 1.52g. Length 19mm. Width 11.7mm. Thickness without spikes 1.2mm. Length of spikes 7.2mm. 16t…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-DC939F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small silver shield-shaped flat mount with two holes, probably for separate rivets, one in the centre near the top and the other near the base. There are two incurved scallops on the top edge, with a point in the centre, and the front face is decorated along all three edges with a row of hand-punched dots. Weight 0.21g. Height 10mm. Width 9mm. Thickness 0.5mm.  Despite the handmade decoration, shields of this shape (with a double incurve to the top) are only found in the post-medieval period, most commonly from the 18th century onwards, and so this mount is likely to be 18th…
Created on: Saturday 16th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-72BDF2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy mount, possibly from furniture: a lozengiform frame with concave sides of trapezoidal cross-section with two opposed pointed corners on the short axis, one corner a trefoil plate with remains of an iron rivet or nail and the fourth corner missing (non-recent break). No parallel has been noted, though concave-sided  lozengiform openwork mounts with integral spikes are known, e.g. SWYOR-155062 and FAKL-E53E74. Weight 2.40g. Extant length 34mm. Width 28mm. Thickness 1.7mm. The sides are 2.5 - 2.6 wide. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-704C85
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and undecorated medieval copper-alloy bar mount or strap stiffener. It is plano-convex in cross-section. It has an expanded and perforated circular lobe at its original centre and a smaller unperforated one at one end with an integral spike on the reverse. Opposite this the bar terminates in a worn break. The centre of the terminal lobe is approximately 22mm from the start of the central one. Similar to NMS-9D0243. A similar mount is shown in Read (2001: p23, No.141). Circa 1150-1350. Length 44mm. Arm width 4.5mm, thickness 2.6mm. Ce…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-70093A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper-alloy lozengiform mount. Hollow-backed with a double-stepped outside edge. It is not pierced. There is evidence of gilding or tinning on each of the two double-stepped edges, as seen from the front. On the reverse are inward-bent flat-cross-sectioned twin spikes, one terminating in a break mid-way. Similar in design to the smaller NMS-7430B3. 17th century. Length 28.7mm, width 23.2mm, sides 19.4mm, weight 4.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-08A7D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn copper alloy Post-Medieval gilded and enamelled strap mount. The central body is pirifom-shaped with a debased acorn knop extending at each end, with the tip of one knop missing from an old break. In cross-section the mount is flat on the reverse with rounded sides to the top face. The back had two square section sharp prongs located at either end, but only one survives, bent outwards to retain it on the original strap. There are incuse circular decorations on the face which towards the centre look like a flower with surroundi…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A52A1D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a small gilded silver flat openwork mount, probably Roman in date, perhaps a rectangular fitting for belt or strap. It is sharply rectangular in cross-section, with parallel, straight sides and both ends broken. Two triangular apertures are present, along with one crescentic, and part of another. The reserved bars have a scrolly appearance, ending in roundels. No means of attachment has survived. One break is recent but the other is not, being covered in a ferrous deposit that has afflicted many metal objects on this site. Patches …
Created on: Sunday 19th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-67A8B8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy punched letter strap mount. The mount is in the form of a crowned lombardic letter M probably citing the virgin Mary (See- Medieval Chic in Metal: Decorative mounts on belts and purses from the Low Countries, 1300-1600, page 126). On the reverse is the remains of a centrally located circular fixing pin or rivet. Circa AD1400-1530. Dimensions; Height 15.7mm, width 12.5, weight 0.7g
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-256345
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy bar-mount from a belt. It has a central expanded circular lobe between a pair of opposing and tapering arms of plano-convex cross-section, with a smaller sub-circular lobe at each end. The terminal lobes are each perforated with a single rivet hole. The central lobe has a large circular blind hole or recess on the front. The metal at the rear, or base of this recess does have a tiny hole near the edge, but this seems to be accidental. The reverse is flat, but there is an irregularly-shaped and poorly defined depression behind the central lobe, apparently due to a …
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
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Record ID: SF-630CB3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman openwork mount or strap fitting. The object is discoidal in shape. There are four inwards pointing sub-triangular holes arranged at regular intervals behind the outer edge, each with concave sides and a convex outer edge. The inner edges of these create four petal-like solid shapes between them, the inner end of each joining a solid circle in the centre of the object. The outer face of this circle is recessed and decorated with two raised annulets each with a deep depression in its centre. The outer face of each petal is dec…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Elllingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FE2F95
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper-alloy bar-mount from a belt. It has a central expanded domed lobe with a circular perforation between a pair of opposing and tapering arms of plano-convex cross-section. Both arms terminate in worn breaks, leaving a remnant of a smaller terminal lobe at the end of one. The metal is patinated dark brown. Similar to Egan and Pritchard (2002), Nos. 1154 and 1158. Mid-12th to mid-14th century. Length: 29.9mm. Width: 9.0mm. Thickness: 4.9mm. Weight: 2.0g.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DFB5AC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy mount, probably from a horse harness. It is discoidal and features the bust of a noblewoman embossed on the front in high relief. The reverse is moderately and irregularly concave, not as a negative impression of the figure on the front, but probably as an unintentional distortion of the disc. There are two small fragments missing from separate parts of the edge, to non-recent breaks. An additional fracture extends from near the centre of the mount, close to the left of the woman’s neck (from her point of view) to the edge. This passes though a sma…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-155CD3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount, a flat and undecorated rectangular plate probably of sheet, with a single, separate rivet near one short side. That much of the reverse is covered by grey solder indicates that it was attached to a metal object. Weight 1.03g. Length and width 15.9 and 11.9mm. Thickness 1mm. Length of rivet 3mm. Perhaps 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-136CC7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval white-metal coated copper alloy mount probably from a belt or harness. It consists of a lozengiform head and an integral square-sectioned attachment spike bent over on the reverse. The front is decorated with nine moulded pellets. Quite similar to Read 2016, no. 253 with nineteen pellets and Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 1078 with twenty-four. Weight 2.47g. Head 19.6 x 11.4mm. Thickness without spike 2.4mm. Length of spike c.14mm. c.1350 - c.1450.
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-115DA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval to post-medieval quatrefoil mount. The mount is flat and has four lobes, each of which has a degraded nib at the end. At its centre is a circular hole, across which is a cross formed by two linear chisel cuts that align with the nibs at the end of the quatrefoils. The forward face has significant traces of file marks on the surface. The reverse is plain. Other than the central hole there is no visible means of attachment. The mount is probably for a strap, casket, or book and is medieval to post-medieval in date. Circa AD 13…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
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