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Record ID: SF3516
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small rim sherd of Glazed Red Earthenware.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SOMERTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3517
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A body sherd of medieval unglazed ware, perhaps earlyish.
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SOMERTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3629
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, of Williams' Class A, Type 6 (cf. Williams 1997, 43; ref. 105). One corner is missing, along with the fixing hole. Approximate dimensions (taken from Polaroid) are 50 x 32 mm.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2000
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST ANDREW ILKETSHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF3630
Object type: WEIGHT
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Conical lead weight with central perforation.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-841C43
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Socketed axehead, all of mouth missing (ancient break), cutting edge missing (recent damage), faceted octagonal body. A small faceted fragment, probably of the same axe, is lodged in the jagged aperture, which has been squashed by hammering. The findspot is c.20m east of another incomplete socketed axehead found in March 1985. Date: Late Bronze Age, c.1000 - c.700 BC. Dimensions: Length >86mm (97mm including lodged fragment). Width >47mm. Thickness 18mm. Weight 189.5g. The current evidence is insufficient to suggest that this and the much earlier find are from a dispers…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ludham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-8A1557
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower bow and foot of silver bow brooch, either a P-shaped or a Crossbow. The undecorated foot tapers gently to the terminal, and the catchplate extends the full length of its rear. There is a slight concavity at the junction with the bow. This is of trapezoidal section with the narrowest face forwards, and tapers very gently towards the break. Again no decoration is present. Date: 3rd century AD. Dimensions: Surviving length 26mm. Max. width 4mm. Weighing 2.11g.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-ABB220
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Romsn silver terminal of penannular finger-ring of John's (1997) Type Bii, with snake-head of ibid. Type II. Probably a product of the Snettisham jeweller. Date: Mid 2nd century Dimensions: 14 x 10.5mm. Weight 1.91g. The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churchfield area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-284322
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Composite silver strap-end consisting of forked spacer with simple spiked knop between two sheet plates. These are soldered to the spacer and pierced by a silver rivet to secure the strap. Both faces are slightly squashed. The sides taper gently from the concave attachment edge. Date: 14th century. Dimensions: Length 29mm. Maximum width 10mm. Weight 2.62g.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hunstanton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-B4A9F3
Object type: DRESS COMPONENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Trefoliate silver-gilt dress-hook decorated with filigree circles and pellets. Central boss holds a sexfoil sheet in place and its shank continues through to the rear where it is split into two and folded flat. The hook and the attachment loop are soldered to the reverse. Dimensions: Length: 24mm; width: 18mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gooderstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B52772
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hollow head of silver-gilt ball-headed pin, divided into two by raised horizontal median band. Each half is decorated with three filigree roundels, each containing a trefoil with central granule or pellet. In spaces between the circles an annulet and granule. Next to the hole for the missing shank is a looped length of silver wire. Parts of the surface worn. Dimensions: Diameter: 10mm. Note: Similar dress pins have been reported through the Treasure Act, such as Treasure Annual Report 2000, nos. 191 and 194.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Letheringsett with Glandford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-B57DC5
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ferrule, squashed and incomplete, broken at the top. Repousse decoration with lines of pellets in squares. Three vertical rows of alternating roses and fleur-de-lis and two rows of alternating crowns and thistles.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-DABAFB
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawk-ring or vervel of Lewis and Richardson type C.ii, consisting of a D-section ring with a shield-shaped plate soldered to the flat outer face. There is a small gap between the ends of the ring at the junction with the plate. The flat outer surface of the hoop is engraved: Tho. Gryme. of. The shield is engraved three times with the letter T, two side-by-side above a slightly larger example. This motif is the arms of the Grime family of Trimingham, Antingham and Suffield, Norfolk: Azure three cross taus Or (Rye, W. Norfolk Families 1913, 271), although no tincture su…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-898FBD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete medieval copper alloy possible strap-ends, "folded sheeting with wide gaps at the folds" (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 158-60), both tapering towards the attachment edge and with no decoration present, 13th - 14th century: - almost all of one half missing, two rivet holes near the attachment edge, length 32.5mm, width 17.1 - 15.6mm. - part of one half missing, two rivet holes arranged longitudinally, one probably replacing or reinforcing the other, length 20.5mm, width 10.5 - 10mm.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-8DB2D6
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a Roman greyware pottery jar, weight 20g, mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-56CC31
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Saxon/Late Saxon cast copper alloy cruciform harness mount. The four equally sized arms are decorated with moulded acanthus-derived ornament, small drilled blind holes and with four flat bar-mounts, each secured by two rivets. The bossed centre is surmounted by an X-shaped mount held in place by a dome-headed rivet in the centre and a smaller rivet at the end of each arm. The original appearance of the reverse is unknown because the surface is obscured by corrosion products, but it can be seen that the arms are concave though flat at the ends. Of two opposed arms covered with f…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thetford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-38C291
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British oval gilt plate brooch in very battered condition, setting, all of edge, pin, and most of pin lug and catchplate missing. Moulded decoration on the flange around the setting consists of a ring of zig-zag within a ring of ring-and-dot. The setting would probably have been a glass “Centre-boss”, cf. Hattatt nos. 172-3 etc. >30 x 20mm. 2nd century.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brisley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-38DBC7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval discoidal lead weight depicting the Arms of the Commonwealth, weighing 0.3105oz, for one-third ounce Avoirdupois. Diameter 20mm.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-38F614
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy spindle whorl, plano-convex. Diameter 30mm. Height 13mm. Perforation diameter 9mm. Weighing 45.63g.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3905C0
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy sword scabbard chape with crenellated top, heart-shaped and trefoil apertures (the latter miscast and largely blocked by metal), transverse rib, shell motif on lower part and a slight terminal lobe. A normal 16th-century type. Cf. de Reuck 1991, 26; LMMC fig. 87, Type III.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brisley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-392A54
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Medieval/Post Medieval lathe-turned base of candlestick, with profile similar to that of a London pewter example (Medieval Household no. 372). Diameter uncertain, but very large, >100mm. 14th – 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runhall', grid reference and parish protected.