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Record ID: NMS-E3383A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age copper-alloy D-shaped terret, now very corroded but perhaps originally enamelled. It has a sub-circular or slightly oval upright collar terminal 13.7mm wide, 12.1mm tall and 4.8mm thick. From one side of this projects a triangular-section upper ring, with a flat inner and an angled outer. On the other side of the collar, at its base, is a stub of the attachment bar which shows that this was rectangular-section, 6.5 x 3.4mm, and set vertically. The overall length is 21.0mm and it weighs 7.34g. All surfaces of the fragment, including the breaks,&…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-927536
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Icenian silver units, additions to a hoard of 18 coins found in 2015 (2015T546, NMS-79D400) with a further five found in 2017 (2017T1080, NMS-2E6730). The numbering follows on from these two finds. Catalogue: 24) ANTED type Pattern-Horse silver unit, ABC 1642/1645. Weight 0.88g. c.AD10-42. Finder's reference N004.CGI.0024. 25) Pattern-Horse type, the copper alloy core of a silver plated silver unit, a little plating remaining on the obverse. Weight 0.66g. c.AD10-42. Finder's reference N004.CGI.0025. Discussion: All of the 25 …
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-6E0D9C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age or early Roman Langton Down brooch, with the outer ends of the spring, most of the pin, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The wings consist of a thin undecorated sheet cylinder with a seam along the reverse and a slot in the centre for the copper-alloy circular-section pin. The broad bow springs from the centre of the wings, with a faint curved ridge running round the top and grazing the edge of the pin slot. The bow is thin and C-shaped in cross-section, with remains of very worn vertic…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-84BB97
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of four Iron Age gold coins. Coins 2, 3 and 4 were found within 10m of each other, and coin 1 was found 30m further to the south. Catalogue: 1. Stater, Corieltavi, North East Coast, Rudd's so-called Right type, ABC1716, 6.33g, c.50-1 BC 2. Stater, Corieltavi, North East Coast, Rudd's so-called Right type, ABC1716, 6.26g, c.50-1 BC 3. Stater, Corieltavi, North East Coast, Rudd's so-called Right type, ABC1716, 6.25g, c.50-1 BC 4. Quarter stater, Corieltavi, Rudd's so-called Lindsey scyphate type, ABC 1767, weight 1.42g, c.60-2…
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7D7C83
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and part of shaft from a copper-alloy pin. The head is circular, 14.3mm in diameter and with a rounded edge. The top has a groove around the edge and is convex within this. The edge is rounded, and the head is about 7mm thick. The underside tapers into a circular-section shaft 6.9mm in diameter, which then steps down to 5.0mm in diameter before a worn break. Total surviving length 17.5mm long, weight 8.6g. It is somewhat like DOR-B177D4 and WILT-45E175, which have been dated to the early or middle Iron Age (500 to 200 BC), although this example has a lower central …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7D0591
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age brooch made from a single piece of copper alloy. The spring is large, with two coils on either side of the pin joined by an external chord running across the top of the spring. About half of the pin is missing, with a fairly fresh break across an oval cross-section. The bow flattens and widens from the spring to a maximum of 11mm wide, then tapers with straight edges to the foot. The upper part of the bow is flat, decorated with two median longitudinal ridges and a border groove, worn away over much of one edge, which all run down to a central D-section area whi…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AD8C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age or early Roman copper-alloy brooch, probably a Nauheim or Nauheim derivative. It consists of a flat, triangular bow, now a little bent, tapering from 7.5mm wide at the top with straight sides to a pointed tip with a tiny upturned bump. There is a groove down the centre and either edge; all the grooves peter out before the end of the brooch, and the side grooves have hints of ribbing or beading or punched decoration. Although the foot of the brooch appears complete, as there is absolutely no hint of a catchplate on the smooth reverse, it may be broken and …
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9DE3D5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object made from copper alloy, of uncertain date but possibly Iron Age or Roman. It appears to have been cast, but may have been hammered together from a rod of sub-circular or sub-rectangular cross-section. If so, the rod was bent in half, with a rounded loop at the bend (3.3mm internal diameter). The two halves then join (with a groove between them) before separating again. One prong is broken off after the fork, but the other diverges in a straight line, then begins to curve before a break. Both breaks are very worn. The resulting object measures 33mm from the loop…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E38C5E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman bow brooch, consisting of the very end of the foot only, with part of a perforated catchplate. The rounded-section bow is very narrow at just 2.4mm wide. On the reverse, the catchplate could be described as perforated (or pierced) or framed, in that the (now incomplete) triangular perforation neatly follows the line of the edge of the catchplate. One side is turned over to the left (when viewing the brooch from the reverse). The breaks are worn. The surviving length of the bow is 10.7mm, less than that of the catchplate; th…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E36337
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman bow brooch, consisting of the foot only. The D-section bow is very narrow but fairly even in width, tapering from 2.9mm wide and 1.7mm thick at the break to 2.2mm wide at the bottom. On the reverse is a pierced or perforated catchplate, consisting of a triangle springing from one edge of the bow, with the end turned over to the left (when viewing the brooch from the reverse) and a slot made at the curve to hold the end of the pin. It has a lozenge-shaped perforation, less neatly shaped than the rest of the brooch, The break…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E31D90
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and top of bow from a copper-alloy Roman brooch of Langton Down type, dating to c. 25-c. 60 AD. The head is formed from a thin sheet cylinder, complete on the left side (looking from the front) but the front missing on the right. There is no trace of decoration on the front of the head, but a seam can just about be seen along the reverse, with the slot for the pin in the centre. The inside of the head is filled with hard corrosion products, probably from an iron spring bar. The D-section bow tapers from 11.2mm wide at the top to 7.2mm wide at the broken end. It has a rid…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E0BBDF
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Largely complete copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 20-c. 65 AD). The bow is oval in cross-section, with no decoration surviving. At the top are a pair of rectangular, flat-section wings, with a long forward-facing hook above. The hook still retains the chord of the spring, half of which survives, with three coils on the right (as you look at the reverse). The left-hand end of the spring, and the pin, are missing along with any axis bar. The bow tapers downwards towards a missing foot (fairly old break), with a stub of catchplate on t…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-777696
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a horse bridle bit, of late Iron Age or early Roman date, 1st century BC or 1st century AD. The object is a short cylindrical tube of cast copper alloy, decorated on the outside with cast grooves.At one point on the exterior is an oval-section scar from a broken-off bar, measuring 10.5 x 9mm in cross-section. This has a bold ridge around the base before the break, which increases the cross-section to 15.5 x 13 mm. The break is slightly worn and possibly iron-stained. The grooves emerge from either side of the oval-section stub and diverge to run around the outside of the…
Created on: Monday 14th December 2020
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-784F33
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age or early Roman copper-alloy cosmetic mortar of end-looped type, missing part of its loop (worn breaks). It is U-shaped in cross-section, with a smoothly polished concave interior and a slightly more angled exterior. It has a very grey patina that is now corroded and flaking, especially on the exterior, over a greener inner metal, so it may originally have had a tinned or silvered surface. There is no other decoration. One end of the mortar is worn and rounded; it is difficult to tell if it is complete. The object then flares in width and thickness to the centre, aft…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-65F5C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of late Iron Age or early Roman date, now worn, bent and incomplete. One wing survives apparently intact; it is short, and rectangular in cross-section. The other is missing (worn break). The right-hand side of the spring survives (viewed from the reverse) with three coils before the chord, which passes under the forward-facing hook. The other side of the spring is missing along with any axis bar. The bow starts at the top with a wide oval cross-section (6mm wide and 3mm thick); it appears to be undecorated. It tapers smoothly to a circula…
Created on: Monday 7th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3E5C7E
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age hoard of four copper-alloy objects, comprising a pair of strap-mounts, a binding strip and a ring. 1. First of a pair of cast copper-alloy strap mounts. Description: The mount takes the form of a looped drop-shaped openwork frame, of D-shaped cross-section (flat on the reverse),with the ends of the loop cast as if butted together before curling outward to form supports for two conjoined roundels at the terminal. A third roundel is contained within the loop, attached to the inner sides where they narrow towards the terminal. Each of these roundels has a slightly offs…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-B9113C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object of late Iron Age or early Roman date, consisting of three circles with open centres fused together in a trefoil or triangle. Each circle is 9-10mm in internal diameter and 14-16mm in external diameter, depending on wear. The edges are bevelled slightly to front and back. The whole object is 3.5mm thick and measures 31-33mm across two circles, again depending on wear. It weighs 7.8g. The circles each have a double groove between them on both faces, making a tiny ridge projecting between each circle. One face is otherwise undecorated, but has six irregularly space…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-92562B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Rosette brooch of late Iron Age or early Roman date, cast in one piece except for an applied thin plate of decoration. The head is a cylindrical spring cover 27mm wide, now open and incomplete at the back; it is very grey within. On the front the spring cover is decorated with several fine longitudinal grooves, above panels of very fine oblique engraved lines. The lines in the left-hand panel point to the bottom right and the lines in the right-hand panel point to the bottom left. The bow is wide and decorated with a ridge down either side, and three wider r…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-636839
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One-piece Colchester brooch, missing spring and pin and now worn. The wings are short and narrow, and rectangular in cross-section. From the base of the wings a central stub projects to the rear; this would have gone on to form the spring and pin, but is now broken (worn break). From the top of the wings another central projection bends forwards and forms a complete forward-facing hook which would originally have held the chord of the spring in place. The bow projects from the front of the wings. It is oval in cross-section, 6 x 3mm at the top, and tapers smoothly from the top to t…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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Record ID: NMS-11A464
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy bull's head mount from a bucket or similar vessel, of late Iron Age or early Roman date. Only the centre survives, with one well-preserved eye (the animal's left) made from a gradual swelling outlined with a double pointed-oval groove. The other eye is largely lost along with most of the surface, which has suffered badly from corrosion; where the surface survives it is grey and glossy, and looks like a white-metal coating. In the centre, above and between the eyes, is a circular hole 6mm in diameter. To either side are broken-off projections which may original…
Created on: Friday 29th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
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