Record ID: NMS-CCC8BA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent, but complete copper-alloy probably Roman pin. Circular hemispherical head curving more tightly at its equator. The first section of the shaft is parallel sided and then swells outwards in the middle section, before tapering gradually back down to a final point. The shaft has a circular cross-section throughout its length. The shape of the head is more Roman than Anglo-Saxon, and the lack of a collar reinforces a likely Roman date. See IOW-313B52 and NMS-53EC44. The dark brown patinated surface is breaking broken down to a light green more powdery surface beneath. C…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CAF725
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy Roman votive miniature axe. It has a trapezoidal blade that is triangular in section, tapering and curving downwards towards the blunt cutting edge. The butt-end of the axe is a trapezoidal shape and rectangular in section. The circular section handle is represented as passing through the axehead and is located more towards the butt end. The angle is off-perpendicular, causing the axehead to be angled slightly upwards relative to the handle. The axehead has outward flaring collars, top and bottom, where the handle passes through, the topmost of which has three fi…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C2AB52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy Roman Continental Plate brooch of Mackreth type PL CONT 2.b1. Central elongated rectangular panel originally flanked by side knobs, one of which is now missing from an old break. To the top and bottom of the centre panel are two further triangular projections that Mackreth describes as 'Hod-Hill type foot knobs'  on the reverse of which, at the opposed terminal ends, are the extant remains of the hinged pin fixing and catchplate. The long sides of the central panel are decorated with oblique billet-shaped stamps w…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AA0C85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. Half of 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 but is moulded around the periphery; with a projecting nib uppermost. Below the head, to one side of a perpendicular loop, half of the spring and the stub of the pin remains. There is a three-disc knob, sometimes referred to as an acanthus moulding, on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around t…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9F08B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch. The brooch is complete apart from the pin and part of the catchplate. In common with many other objects from this landscape vicinity, the entire brooch is encrusted with an iron-like deposit which obscures the detail. In this respect, the spring and head configuration cannot be properly resolved. The wings are C-shaped and decorated with reels across their width. The bow curves up and over the head, tapering down in width from the head to the foot. It is decorated with longitudinal grooves. Circa AD150-350. Leng…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8B6E05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and catchplate fragment from a Roman crossbow brooch. A short curving section of the highly arched, wedged-shaped cross-section bow survives, with an angled moulded collar at its base, from which the foot of the brooch projects and tapers in height down to the terminal end. The foot is recessed on one side with a slot to form the catchplate, whilst on the opposite side is a moulded central channel running the length of the foot. With the head, pin, and specifically the spring mechanism missing, it cannot be determined if the brooch is a crossbow (sprung pin) type or a pr…
Created on: Sunday 14th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-568161
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Medieval seal matrix. The matrix is circular and rises through an incurving six-sided facetted body, to a pierced lozenge-shaped narrowed handle. The matrix has a circular border within which is a capitalised crowned W or overlapping V V, with leafy sprigs to either side. The matrix design is probably a stock one (- see WILT-DE9943), and is probably a simple crowned initial rather than being related to the double-V of the Marion cult. The same die design is also found on late Medieval signet finger rings (- see NLM-E8DFF6). The seal is in…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5617B3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead or lead alloy Dutch customs alnage seal. This is a one-part, single disc seal that is sub-oval in shape and marked on both faces. The upper face has a square shield bearing a lion rampant and surmounted by a crown, all within what is probably a circle of pellets. The reverse face carries the letters N/R at the edge and the number 448 lower down across the base. Examples of similar seals recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme can be seen at LIN-7F7916, SF-1D07E5, SF-5521B5, HAMP-A68301 and WILT-4FCCD which suggest the seal is likely Dutch…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D04645
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded late Medieval 15th-century jetton. Probably a Burgundian variety possibly from the reign of Philip Le Bon 1419-1467. The obverse; cannot be resolved but may be a version of the steel and flints type. The reverse is a short-cross patty with leafy ends, trefoil between each arm. Both legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF3410
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Well worn and patinated Post-Medieval cast copper alloy 2-ounce stacking trade weight of Elizabeth I. The weight is flat and discoidal with a raised rim around the upper surface. The reverse has a central circular pit (repeated on the front) and a series of concentric grooves and radiating file marks;- probably associated with manufacture and calibration. The interior is multi-stamped with the marks of a crowned EL (for Elizabeth I), a Ewer (for the London Founder's Company), a sword (The sword of St. Paul for the City of London Guildhall), and a capitalised …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CEECFC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, sub-circular (25.0mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-conical cross-section with an 11mm (at base) to 8.5mm tapering central perforation. The underside has a concentric shrinkage concavity which is a common feature of the casting process for many of these whorls. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval, and early Post-Medieval periods. The hand spindle on …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CE8968
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy domestic vessel leg, probably from a cauldron, posnet, or skillet. Solid and moulded into a lingulate shape (52mm extant length by 25.2mm wide by 18.5mm thick) with an oval cross-section. Broken at both ends, one face has a slightly extended moulded flange, with a central crest, whilst the reverse is plain. The fragment is heavy for its size commensurate with an antimony leaded-bronze alloy that is commonly used for casting cooking vessels - see Dungworth, D. and Nichola, M Caldarium? An antimony bronze used for medieval and post-m…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-93C5D1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded copper alloy possible harness pendant or mount.  The object comprises a thin circular disc with an eighteen-pointed star or sun-like design cast in light relief. The points taper and narrow outwards from the centre to a raised border. The fields between the flares are keyed with remains of what appears to be red enamel. There is damage to the periphery of the mount with a notch of metal torn from the edge, adjacent to which, close to the edge, is a regular 4.1mm diameter circular hole that has been made in the body. The reverse is flat and…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-925F81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy semi-circular lead weight. The weight was probably originally discoidal but has been severed across the centre making it semi-circular in plan. As such the cut is accurate and square-edged, suggesting it has been done deliberately rather than through damage. Similar weights are recorded at YORYM-2C4B44 and  SF-42A486 with dates ranging from late Early Medieval to Post Medieval. There are no obvious decoration or validation marks surviving on either face of this example. The weight is 42.48g or 14.98 ounces. Lead weights were banned …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8E83EC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy probable weight.  Circular with a thin trapezoidal cross-section. The smaller diameter upper surface has incuse lines of surface dots present. It could be concluded that these are placed in groups of three, but it is unclear if they are just damage or were intended as decoration or indicators of unit value. The fact that the larger diameter underside and sides also have these marks, albeit more random in nature and distribution, perhaps suggests that damage is the more likely reason. The underside also has a larger circular pit. The weig…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-83274C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable Medieval buckle plate fragment. It consists of one side of a laterally folded single-piece type, that has broken around the fold. A suggestion of the pin slot and corner cut-aways survive in the damaged profile at the broken end. There are three surviving rivets, one set medially close to the folded end, and the others placed, one in each corner of the attachment end.  There are substantial remains of surface gilding, particularly around the rivet holes. A similar plate can be seen at YORYM-D4BA53 on the PAS database. Circa …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-82CB25
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel rim fragment. The body is 2mm thick increasing to 3mm at the very slightly everted rim. The curvature of the rim suggests an original vessel diameter in the region of 180mm. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state ‘there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries. Although earlier copper alloy vessels are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-828489
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular (24.0mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-convex cross-section with a central 9.5mm circular parallel-sided perforation. The underside has a concentric shrinkage concavity which is a common feature of the casting process for many of these whorls. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval, and early Post-Medieval periods. The hand spindle on which they were used con…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-78B35F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single, trapezoidal loop, copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval buckle. The frame has a rectangular cross-section and the widest end is slightly narrowed. The frame looks to have a black lacquer-like coating, breaking down to a reddish brown metal underneath. Trapezoidal buckles such as this were in use during the 14th century but were also recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose in the mid-16th century. The surface condition of this example is suggestive of a more Post Medieval date. Circa AD 1400-1650. Length 26.0mm, Width 29mm, T…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-422585
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object of uncertain age. It is forged from a single piece of circular 7.5mm cross-section rod. The rod is formed into a 70mm long straight shaft, which at its terminal end has been tapered down to a pointed tang by hammering down to a square section. The other end of the shaft is squared and turns tightly back 180 degrees for a very short distance before springing out at 90 degrees to the straight shaft, and then curving downwards back towards, and parallel to, the shaft, to form a tapering pointed hook or prong. Th…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2022
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