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Record ID: NMS-BD61AD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval copper alloy buckle frame dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1700 consisting of part of one loop. The outer edge of the loop expands into a triangular point and is bevelled. The frame terminates in two old breaks. Traces of white metal coating are visible on the obverse. Similar examples are discussed in Whitehead, R, 2003, p. 82, nos. 512 & 513.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulmodeston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BD54DF
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy buckle frame dating to the period c. AD 1600 - 1700. The buckle has a central pin bar with a lobed knop at either end. The butt of the pin is looped around the pin bar. The pin tapers to a point and rests across the outer edge of the frame. On either side of the pin bar is a trapezoidal loop. The outer edge of each loop expands into a triangular point. The outer edges of the buckle are bevelled. Traces of white metal coating are visible on the obverse. Similar examples are discussed in Whitehead, R, 2003, p. 82, nos. 512 & 513.
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulmodeston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BD36BB
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy strap fitting from a sword belt dating to the period c. AD 1550 - 1700. The mount has a rounded knop at the top with a central perforation which retains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. Below this is an openwork trefoil plate formed by two circular aperture on a horizontal axis below which, and at the centre, is a lozenge-shaped perforation. Below this is a cusped moulding with a central rivet hole which retains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The fitting terminates in an old break. A similar strap fitting from a sword belt is illustrated i…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulmodeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-971F06
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic mount or strap fitting dating to the period c. AD 1300 - 1450. The mount is in the form of a crowned head, the crown bifoliate, with engraved fleurs on the crown and engraved eyes and mouth. The eyes are triangular with a dot in the middle. The triangular nose is moulded. The face is hollowed on the reverse. There is a copper alloy rivet in the centre of the forehead. The neck terminates in an old break, suggesting that this may have been the terminal of a strap end. Similar examples are illustrated in: Ivens et al. 1995, 351, fig. 153 no. 62.
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9625A2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint Neolithic polished axehead. The axehead can be classified as a Butler and Holgate Type C thick-butted axehead with faceted sides. It has been extensively ground and polished across all faces, removing most of the original flake scars. The blade end is missing due to old damage. The edge has been crushed and there is evidence of deliberate flake removal. At the butt end there also appears to be deliberate evidence of flake removal and there is evidence of crushing and pecking, possibly indicating secondary reuse. The flint is a heavily patinated light grey with iron st…
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stiffkey', grid reference and parish protected.