Record ID: PUBLIC-4F2537
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Broken copper-alloy Roman devolved trumpet brooch of Bayley and Butcher 2004, Group C; Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. The spring mechanism, pin, lower bow, foot, and catchplate are all missing. The trumpet-shaped head from which the brooch gets its name is plain; with a projecting nib uppermost. On the reverse of the head is a perpendicular loop that would have retained the spring. There is a three-disc knob on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around the bow. Both reverse petals are less prominent…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-55DD68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD Ha 1.a1a and similar to Ibid Pl. 31, No. 1016. It is minimally distorted and complete except for the pin. The wings are concavo-convex in cross-section and broadly rectangular when viewed from the front. The edges at the tips are very slightly curved. One is broadly perpendicular to the top and bottom edges and the other is very slightly oblique. The wings are not decorated.  The spring is in-situ and immobile: its coils and the external chord have corroded and fused to the wings and to each…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F1B4B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, part of the rearhook, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing (the breaks are not recent). The wings are decorated with bead and reel and the low and wide triangular-sectioned bow with pairs of beaded ribs flanking a wider median rib. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 1.e. The proportion of the bow and wings is close to that of ibid. pl. 39 no. 865. Weight 4.47 g. Extant length 18.8mm. Wingspan 20.5mm (width of bow at top 10mm). AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C79033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin, almost all of both wings, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The three beaks are not recent. Two probably beaded ribs run down the centre of the bow and some white-metal coating remains within the space between them. Weight 5.06g. Extant length 24.7mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-99877A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch, complete with silver pin. The frame of the brooch is circular, thick and flat to make a rectangular cross-section. The pin is held in a constriction, and has an open loop. There is a transverse double moulding at the junction of loop and shaft, below which the cross-section of the shaft is D-shaped or trapezoidal.  The frame is engraved on both faces with letters which read clockwise from the pin constriction. Because the pin has a clear front and reverse, it is possible to identify the front and reverse of the frame too; the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-063ABA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1b or 1c and similar to ibid Pl. 38, Nos. 795 and 812. The spring, pin and all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section: convex on the front and concave on the reverse. Viewed from the front, they are slightly narrowed or waisted as they emerge from the head of the bow. They then expand into a now almost circular terminal, probably rounded by wear and abrasion at the tips. They are fully decorated on the front…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-0A599F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 4b or 5b. The spring, pin, all but a stub of the chord-hook and catchplate are missing. The wings are convex on the front, concave on the reverse (a very shallow C-shape in cross-section). They taper in width from the head of the bow to their rounded tips. One is more heavily abraded on the underside and has lost a greater depth of surface on the front due to corrosion. Neither wing preserves any evidence of decoration. The reverse of the better preserve wing retai…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B86FFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the spring, the pin and the curled over part of the solid catchplate missing.On both wings there are two vertical engraved grooves and one diagonal. On the D-sectioned bow a median groove and a row of closely spaced transverse engraved lines run the full length between grooves or offsets along both sides. Mackreth 2011 CD RH 4.f. Weight 9.83g. Wingspan 27.3mm. Length 39.2mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B80AE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, abraded and distorted Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch in two pieces, with an old break across the bow. Most of the pin, almost all of the catchplateand the foot are missing. Iron axis bar. Mackreth HOD HILL 1.a. Weight 2.72g. Width of head 13.5mm. c.43 - c.75
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-B7E74E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy and enamelled Roman 'horse and rider' plate brooch dating to c.AD 250-410. Mackreth (2011) OBJECT 2.1c Pl.124 no.7906. The brooch is in the form of a horse and rider shown in profile. The face presents cells of emamel including a sub-rectangular cell across the length of the horser's body with a rounded cell at each end. These rounded cells are filled with blue enamel. Degraded white or yellow enamel survives in the rectangular cell. The rider's body also presents cells enamelled cells which are similarly filled with degraded white or yellow …
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FCA781
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman white-metal coated copper alloy Aucissa brooch, Mackreth 2011 AUCISSA 2.x 'oddity': a rolled over head containing remains of an iron axis bar and merging without any transverse moulding into a parallel-sided and flat bow decorated with two engraved saltires, the lower one truncated by a non-recent break, cf. NMS-1C7020, a Hod Hill with saltires inlaid with niello on the bow. Weight 1.31g. Extant length 14.5mm. Width of head 13mm, of bow 7mm. AD c.43 - c.75.
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FC3D50
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragments of two Colchester Derivative Harlow brooches with old breaks, lower parts of bows, both with a pin slot in the catchplate, Mackreth 2011 CD Ha, AD c.43 - c.75: - median rib flanked by concavities on bow, weight 1.79g, extant length 28mm, width 4.7mm. - two round perforations in the catchplate are blocked with dark grey material, probably fired clay, foot missing, bow with convex front and slightly concave reverse, weight 1.31g, extant length 19mm, width 3.1mm.
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-82876F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative rearhook brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type CD RH 1, perhaps 1g. The spring, pin, foot, catchplate and tiny fragments of the tips of the wings are missing. The rest is in a fairly worn and abraded condition, including the breaks. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section, convex on the front and concave on the reverse. They are each decorated with a pair of moulded transverse ridges near the tips. The short distance from these ridges to the head of the bow is longitudinally concave, suggestive of a bead and reel motif. The bow is…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-130F34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy brooch, probably a rosette type. It has an incomplete cylindrical spring case, now open at the top, with all edges being worn breaks, perhaps apart from the forward edge and a concave pin slot at the centre of the reverse. The bow is reasonably flat in cross-section. It arches in a C-shaped profile and probably tapers in width from top to bottom. The lateral edges are heavily abraded and no more than half of one edge is original. Decoration begins with a narrow transverse groove and ridge immediately below the spring case. Then …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-82499C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment of a Colchester derivative Hinged pin Roman brooch. The fragment consists of a perpendicular collared head-loop, below which the head of the incurving tapering D-shaped cross-section bow springs. The arching bow fractures transversely after a short distance across a line of raised decoration. A short tubular wing casing encloses the iron axis bar for the hinged pin which is let into a central slot in the casing. Only a stub of the rectangular-section pin remains. Dimensions: Extant length 19mm, width 12mm. weight 3.87g.
Created on: Saturday 1st April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: DENO-9F2C55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver gilt demi-gros of John II of Avesnes, the Count of Hainaut (AD 1280 - 1307), mint of Valenciennes. The coin has been re-used as a brooch or dress accessory with soldered attachments in the form of a hook and small loop on the obverse of the coin. The reverse is gilded, with the inscription reading, MONATA VALENCENENSIS SIGNVM CVRCIS with a small cross pattee in the centre. The obverse reads JOHANNES COMES HAIN and shows a rider in armour on a horse galloping left, wearing a helmet, holding reins and a shield in his left hand and a standard in his right hand. Diameter…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Massingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-078751
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch. The frame is small, circular and a low D-shape in cross-section, with a constriction for the pin. It is now bent, broken across the constriction, and the pin is missing. The frame is decorated on the convex front with engraved and stamped decoration; held with the constriction at the top and reading anti-clockwise, the engraving consists of a transverse groove, then four saltires, then a half-saltire ending in a D-shaped recess. The lozenges and triangles thus formed are filled with triangular and sub-triangular punchmarks which se…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-070E37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of medieval silver annular brooch, with a slim circular-section frame interrupted by two small irregular bosses both decorated with annulet stamps giving a 'brambled' effect. Both breaks are immediately after the boss and both are granular and unworn. The frame is now bent so that it is difficult to suggest an original diameter. Dimensions: Length of fragment, 25mm. Diameter of frame between bosses, 1.8mm. Thickness of bosses, 3-4mm. Weight 0.9g. Discussion: This type of annular brooch, with a circular wire frame interrupted by normally four bramble…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-39D8BC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester derivative Harlow brooch with missing foot, catchplate, pin and most of the spring. The wings are flat on the reverse and concave on the front. They taper in width from the head of the bow to the tips. Both are decorated with a transverse groove near the tips and a transverse concavity outside of this, more obvious on the left wing (from the wearer’s point of view) than the right and reminiscent of a reel from a bead-and-real motif. A little inward of the transverse groove on the right wing is a dot-like indentation. The groove on the…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4352AE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch Harlow brooch, the lower end of a bow with a catchplate in which there are two round holes joined by ancient damage or poor construction and a pin groove. The break is recent. Weight 1.30g. Extant length and width 19 and 2.5mm. AD c.43 - c.75.
Created on: Sunday 15th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th January 2023
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