Record ID: NMS-2CBAA7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring, probably a finger ring, of uncertain but not recent date. It is not perfectly circular but slightly pointed on one side (like the profile of an egg). It is oval in cross-section, thickest and widest at one side and tapering in both dimensions, at first minimally and then more significantly until there is a short slightly straightened length on the pointed side, as if it had been stretched when molten. It is patinated dark green with internal pale green mottles. Diameter: 27.5mm x 25.2mm. Width: 3.8 - 5.9mm Thickness: 2.4 - 4.1mm. Weight: 8.3g
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 15th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-25119C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bead-like object of unknown date. It is barrel-shaped, or like a sphere with a cap cut off at each pole by a pair of parallel planes, revealing the sub-circular openings of the internal void. The void is not quite cylindrical but appears to follow the external contour to some extent, being longitudinally concave and of wider diameter in the middle. The diameter of the openings seems too large to be a bead. It may be a collar for a rod-like implement. It is patinated dark brown. Length (opening to opening): 15.1mm. External diameter: 18.2mm. Internal diameter of openings: …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: LIN-1D170E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spiral or coiled finger-ring, probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman era (c.1500 BC to AD 410).  This finger ring is made from a strip of copper alloy with a D-shaped cross section, that is coiled with three turns. The ends of the strip are cut to form points. The ring is pitted and has a dark reddish brown patina. Diameter: 24.89 mm; Thickness: 2.61 mm; Weight: 9.29g Spiral or coil finger-rings appear to start in the Bronze Age and continue, gaining popularity, through the Iron Age and Roman period. They also occur in early Anglo-Saxon graves.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: OXON-BAC722
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring with oval cross section and slightly uneven thickness and width of unknown date. The ring is oval in shape being 27.5mm long by 25.3mm wide. The ring has a diameter of 31.3mm and weighs 4.62 grams. The band is 3.6mm wide at its widest point and is 4.6mm thick. Such rings are largely undatable and can be as early as Iron Age, but it is most likely a Medieval to Post-Medieval horse harness ring, possibly to link two straps given how it is worn in two places.
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2022
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Record ID: OXON-BAC115
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring with hexagonal cross section and slightly uneven thickness and width of unknown date. The ring is oval in shape being 31.3mm long by 30.6mm wide.The object is undecorated but has long striations around its outer face, probably from filing or wear. The ring has a diameter of 31.3mm and weighs 5.36 grams. The band is 4.2mm wide at its widest point and is 2.8mm thick. Such rings are largely undatable and can be as early as Iron Age, but it is most likely a Medieval to Post-Medieval horse harness ring, possibly to link two straps given how it is worn in two …
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-2132F6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper-alloy object of uncertain date. It is a rod, approximately sixty millimetres in length and four millimetres in diameter and fairly straight for the most part, with a gradual bend of perhaps forty degrees at one end followed by a flat triangular terminal. The other end terminates in a worn break. The rod is somewhere between oval and rounded-lozengiform in cross-section for most of its length. Within ten millimetres of the triangle however, it has developed six hammered facets. There are two opposing broader facets on the same planes and in continuity with the…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-C3FEF2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete gold ingot, long with rounded ends and oval cross-section. One surface is smooth with a few large dents; the other is pitted with very many small dents. One end is slightly wider and substantially thicker due to a rise in the pitted surface; the smoother surface is fairly flat. The colour is very slightly pale, suggesting a relatively impure gold. Dimensions: Length, 40.9mm. Maximum width, 13.3mm. Maximum thickness, 8.8mm. Weight 37.39g.  Discussion: This ingot is quite distinctive; it is long, with rounded ends and cross-section, o…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-06B714
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. It is a disc, 27.0mm in diameter and 1.6mm thick, with openwork voids arranged in two concentric sub-circular rings, and four extant bosses on one face. There are three complete voids in the outer ring and a fourth which has been truncated by a worn break. The inner ring contains four smaller complete voids. These are approximately evenly spaced so that each quarter contains one small and one large void. None of the voids are precisely the same size or shape as each other. The inner ones are each a variation of oval, while…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-84B4AC
Object type: ROD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Length of thick gold wire of circular cross-section, with a fresh granular break at one end and roughly rounded at the other (possibly an old break). It is curved along its length, forming about half of a circle about 35mm in diameter. The outer surface of the curve is smooth but the inner has slight longitudinal facets, as if hammered to shape.  It is slightly crushed and bent at the rounded end, and the damage has caused cracking to the metal here. Dimensions: Unbent length 50mm, bent into half-circle measuring 32.1 x 37.9mm. Diameter of rod 4.1…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-EDA931
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-rectangular piece of copper alloy, approximately 20x15mm at maximum measurements, weight 6.31g, rounded edges suggest a cooled blob of molten metal, perhaps a small ingot related to metal working but this is uncertain. Date and function uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-02144F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy unidentified object of unknown date. It is possibly an ingot or a piece of casting waste. It’s a thick near-circular disc with parallel sides. One face is convex and has a rounded intersection with the sides. The other is broadly flat and has a right-angled intersection with the sides. The object has has suffered from a lot of surface damage and many fragments and chunks are broken away from the edges and both faces. Near the centre of the flat face there is a circular depression which has sloping sides and a potentially flat base, but this is obscured by damage. There …
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2020
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C1F72D
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain copper alloy ring of irregular faceted lozenge-like cross-section. There is a notch in one side, probably caused by damage, but it could also be a casting defect. Not definitively dateable. External diameter: 26.3mm. Internal diameter: 20.6m: Width of band: 2.9 - 3.7mm. Thickness of band: 2.1 - 2.7mm. Weight: 2g
Created on: Monday 13th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-C77DC5
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy needle of uncertain Bronze Age to Post Medieval date. The needle shaft is oval in cross-section. The needle tapers at each end, but each end is damaged preventing further identification. It measures 54.6mm long and 2.5mm diameter at the middle and it weighs 1.77 grams.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-FB8F72
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of undated copper alloy casting waste. The piece is irregularly shaped, with evidence of air bubbles having formed during the production process.
Created on: Monday 19th September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulmodeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-0B3992
Object type: VOTIVE MODEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy miniture wheel, possibly a votive model dating from the Late Bronze Age to Early Roman period, but it could also be a Post Medieval pastry jigger or component from a Post Medieval to Modern toy. The object is an openwork circular disc with four spokes and a central lozenge shaped hub, perforated by a sub-square hole. The hub and spokes are square in cross-section. The spokes narrower in the middle and flare towards the ends in plan. The rim of the "wheel" is wider than the spokes, and is bevelled on both faces, so the outer edge is pointed, making a triangle in cross…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
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Record ID: NMS-23D3E9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated but ancient octagonal-sectioned gold bar, very slightly expanded at the complete blunt end, irregular at the other end as if cut several times and then broken, the break partially granular and unworn. Surviving length 20mm. Maximum diameter at the complete end 7mm. Weight 8.9g. Perhaps Bronze Age. See NMS-CE16B3 for similar undated gold fragments which were found at a nearby site. Finder's ref: AB337
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E5547E
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated irregular molten copper alloy fragments, possible metal-working debris. Weight 114.9g. Bronze Age - Post-medieval.
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7AFB36
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable ingot. Gold bar, with irregular, sub-triangular section, pitted on two faces and smooth on the convex third, rounded at one end, shallow angled cuts on the opposing pitted faces before a granular break at the other. Surviving length 50mm. Section 6 x 7mm. Weight 21.1g. Undated but very probably ancient (over 300 years old).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E1AEBE
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated but ancient copper alloy ingot. Slightly irregular rectangular-sectioned bar with chamfered corners (forming an octagonal-section with alternate wide and very narrow faces), cut at one end, with a more recent granular break at the other. There are file marks over most of the surface and cut end, but no hammer marks. Surviving length 17.5mm, width 7 x 7mm. Weight 6.6g (102.2gn).
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Record ID: SF-68EDF1
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper-alloy metal working debris. It is roughly disc-shaped in form with irregular surfaces and edges. The entire fragment measures 17.66mm in length, 16.85mm in width, 4.57mm in thickness, and 3.71g in weight. This fragment may be of any date from the Bronze Age onward.
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.