Record ID: PUBLIC-01D586
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded lead-alloy circular Medieval seal matrix. The retrograde legend reads + S ' WILLI  LEVRITTE‧ (Seal of William Leverett). Reaney and Wilson 1991, 277. Within an inner circle is an octofoil motif with multi-ended petals. Set on the diameter line of the reverse behind the initial cross patee is a perpendicular unpierced lug. The cream-coloured surface corrosion has crazed and in areas has flaked back to the base metal, especially around the legend, removing the detail and making it almost illegible. 13th century. 39mm in diamete…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-29C885
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy 'Boy Bishop' token, approximately the size of a contemporary penny (diameter 16 mm), obverse a bishop's mitre with illegible legend, reverse long-cross and pellets with AVE REX GENTIS. 1470-1539.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-218CBD
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date (c.AD 1350-1550). The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge. Two pointed attachment loops are positioned at the mid-point of the next, one on opposite sides. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. Both faces are decorated with a raised design; one face presents a rounded bodied flask in the centre that extends into the neck of the ampulla. A retrograde R is positioned above the vessel. The base is decorated with triangles along the rim with diagona…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-211804
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla of medieval date (c.AD 1350-1550). The body of the ampulla is circular with an elongated rectangular neck extending from one edge. Where the neck meets the body is positioned one attachment loop; the opposite side loop is missing. The opening at the top of the neck has been pinched shut. On the surface of one face of the body is a scallop shell design of repeated flared grooves extending from the narrowed waist to the lower edge. Atop of this are two horizontal lines, creating band positioned at the top…
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.

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Record ID: SF-26A24C
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy ampulla dating to circa AD 1150-1450. Its body is circular with a flattened base and a long rectangular neck. Now squashed flat, the neck is rectangular in plan and would have been hollowed, to allow for holy water to fill the vessel. The neck is incomplete, terminating in an old brea. No handles survive.  One face of the terminal is decorated with linear grooves creating a scalloped appearance. The other carries cross hatched incised grooves over which is stamped a reversed S.  Ampullae containing holy water would have been …
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Flegburg', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6715AE
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval - early Post Medieval lead alloy (pewter) incomplete object possibly a girdle terminal or a dagger chape dating late 15th - early 16th century, hollow, sub-rectangular cross section and trapezoidal profile, now distorted to one face and slightly damaged lip, a transverse moulded line follows the top of the chape with engraved dashes between the lip and line, slightly irregular perforation to the other face, the narrow end of the chape has a reel shaped terminal. Cf. KENT-CE6AE0, LON-DB63E4 and NMGW-F309B5 for more elaborate lead-alloy chapes, all have the opening to one…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AED7BB
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval white-metal coated copper alloy stud or mount with a domed sexfoil head and an incomplete integral square-sectioned tapering shank (old break). The petals are moulded around their outer edges but they are divided by straight engraved grooves. Weight 3.11g. Diameter 17.6 - 18mm. 15th - mid 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AEB1E1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon to post-medieval lead alloy truncated conical spindle whorl. The metal is brittle and small pieces have been lost from junctions of surfaces. Diameter 20.3 - 25.7mm. Thickness 15mm. Hole diameter 9 - 11mm. Weight 39.84g. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A149D9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval lead alloy button with loop and all of the edge missing. The sexfoil design, with each petal deeply recessed, is close to that of NMS-9E8351 but here there is no sign of embedded sheet metal. Broadly comparable with Read 2010 no. 285 (and no. 286 an octofoil). See also YORYM-33240D which lists other examples. Weight 7.95g. Extant diameter 26.3mm. Thickness 6mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D03A29
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted post-medieval lead powder measure cap, cf. Ellis 1993, nos. 40-3 and Read 1995, no.1092. Both loops at the top have been lost. Weight 13.76g. Height c.16mm. Diameter at top c.18mm. 17th century.
Created on: Saturday 29th April 2023
Last updated: Saturday 29th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D01B41
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About one half of a post-medieval lead/tin alloy button in battered condition, with a cross in counter relief on the front, similar to Read 2010 no. 325 but with remains of an embedded iron loop on the reverse. Weight 10.07g. Diameter c.28mm. Thickness 5.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Saturday 29th April 2023
Last updated: Saturday 29th April 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DBE14A
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, distorted, and crudely cast lead alloy openwork object. A central openwork cruciform lattice shape is set within an octagon with incurving sides. The cross-section of the tracery is lozenge-shaped with concave sides. Similar openwork lead objects are often identified as window ventilation panels, especially on medieval religious sites, but also on farmhouses up to the 17th century (ref. Finds Research Group 700-1700 datasheet 2: Some Ecclesiastical and Monastic finds, Cherry, J). They are also sometimes identified as brick or wall vents and ascribed…
Created on: Sunday 12th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: BH-1F9D51
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy Post Medieval Dutch cloth seal dating AD 1600-1700. The seal comprises a broken disc and part of the connecting rivet. The front face depicts the shield of Haarlem depicting a sword, four stars and, above this, a cross patee. The design, in relief, is surrounded by part of the legend [HAE](R)LE(M) [GOET]. The opoosite face features part of the number 20 cast as central motif. For a comparable cloth seal on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database see SF-00C3F5.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5C6264
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lead alloy medieval ampulla, hollow-cast with a rounded body,  wide, slightly flared neck and opposed suspension handles set where the neck meets the body. One side bears longitudinal fluting up to the mid point which represents the cockleshell, a sign of St James and pilgrimage in general (Spencer (1990) Type II). The other side bears a letter R within a plain rounded panel with a double linear border. Above the letter is a possible Annunciation lily-pot (symbolising the virgin Mary's purity). The ampulla has not been torn open and is complete.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-276D52
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval lead papal bulla of Pope Innocent IV dating to the period 25th June 1243 to 7th December 1254. The obverse of the bulla is stamped INNO//CENTIVS//.PP : IIII. within a border of raised pellets. The 'PP' stands for 'pastor pastorum' which translates as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. The reverse is stamped with the faces of the saints Peter and Paul within a border of raised pellets. Above the heads within the border, the saints' abbreviations are visible with 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and now worn, would have had 'SPE' fo…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E73A25
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead/tin alloy button with the stump of a probably non-drilled loop in the centre of a casting line on the reverse. On the flat front a rounded central boss in relief is surrounded by a ring of eleven pellets. Weight 1.83g. Diameter 14.7 - 15.6mm. Thickness excluding stump 3mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DENO-9A9035
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy seal matrix of medieval date, (c. AD 1300 - 1450).  The matrix is circular, usually denoting a secular, non-clerical male owner (Harvey & McGuinness, 1996). The central design appears to be a modified lis, with a central, vesica-shaped bud flanked by lines representing leaves. The legend reads + SIGIHL EVSTACI FIE I EFSTAE. Some letters appear to be double struck and are not clear. This was probably the seal of a Eustace, the remaining part of the legend is unclear. The reverse face is flat and plain, there is a central dark line which may…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3CF05C
Object type: TAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead alloy tap of abnormal form. An S-shaped handle with rounded terminals lies next to a low encircling rib beyond which the object swells to a circular collar (much of whose edge has been lost to recent damage, the metal being friable). The collar marks the end of a hollow tube, now partly squashed, in which there is a single round hole, diameter c.8mm. The plain end of the tube is almost complete but has suffered some minor edge loss. A sole parallel has been noted, a copper alloy example from Staffordshire (WMID-265EC9). Length 85mm.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
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Record ID: SF-239CFC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead-alloy ampulla dating to circa AD 1150-1350. It's body is circular with a flattened base and a long rectangular neck. Now squashed flat, the neck is rectangular in plan and would have been hollowed, to allow for holy water to fill the vessel. Two circular-sectioned handles project from the flanks at the extant top, with much of the upper neck now having broken away.. The edges of the body are rounded. The front face of the body is heavily worn. One face is decorated with nine longitudinal grooves running the length of the neck and…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Guestwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-954DB1
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy steelyard weight, probably dating to the Roman period (c.AD 43-410). The weight is broadly spherical and pinches towards the top at the attachment. The attachment is a complete, copper alloy loop. The object has a powdery white patina and a pitted surface. Dimensions: Diameter 32.69mm; length 36.9mm; weight 139.09g
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.