Record ID: NMS-75A915
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy strap-end of early-medieval date. It is rectangular, 24.4mm wide, and at 4.8mm thick, quite solid and heavy. The attachment end is much thinner (2.2mm) and now incomplete, being broken through at least two circular attachment holes. These are towards the middle of the width, and there is room for them to have been flanked by two others, making four in total. The rest of the strap-end is complete apart from a small part of one lower corner. The front steps up to the thicker area which has relief decoration of plants, probably flowers. Three stems spring dow…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-71E134
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class B,with engraved decoration. The main part of the mount is large and rectangular with straight sides, 35.9mm wide, with an obliquely angled flange. The flange runs the full width of the mount and has a central hole with iron rivet, which retains a rectangular patch of iron corrosion around it on both front and reverse. The upper part of the mount is rounded and shaped into three concave curves or scallops on either side and one at the apex, making seven in all, and giving a roughly pentagonal shape to the mount. There is a circular…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-7125D5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusual copper-alloy buckle frame, probably early post-medieval in date. It is square, 27.5mm wide, with a roughly trapezoidal bar. The sides (or top and bottom edges) are a curved in cross-section, forming a quarter-circle, hollow on the reverse. They are decorated with a ridge across the ends close to the bar. The outside edge is semi-circular in cross-section, also hollow on the reverse, with bevelled ends; it is decorated with a ridge across each long edge. The outside edge has a notch on its inner edge for a pin rest, and on its outer edge is a hollow-b…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-708A83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy openwork mount of medieval date. About half of a (presumably originally circular) roundel survives, with a frame c. 3-4mm wide surrounding a central motif whose surviving part consists of three arms, the central one oval and the two flanking ones narrower and curving outwards. Beyond the frame, in line with the oval arm, is a large projection in the shape of a fleur-de-lis, with a groove across the rectangular base. The mount is flat, mostly 2mm thick, but has an integral circular-section rivet on the reverse of the lis which brings the overall thickness to 5.5m…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-704044
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Attachment end from a copper-alloy late Anglo-Saxon openwork strap-end, 24.5mm wide. The split end is closed down one side, so was presumably made by folding a wide strip in half. It is closed by two small copper-alloy rivets, each in an upper corner. The base of the split area is perforated by three circular holes each about 4mm in diameter, and below this there is a transverse ridge on both faces; one retains a hint of a groove along its length. Below this there are worn stubs of four vertical bars, one at either side and two in the centre, dividing the main body of the strap-en…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4D5537
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cufflink element, missing all of its edge. What survives is the flat centre, decorated in the middle with a crudely engraved hexagon, with very short lines radiating inwards from its concave edges. In the centre is a circle with even shorter, finer lines radiating outwards; the two sets of short lines do not meet. The circle has another circle, or possibly heart shape, within it which is filled with parallel grooves.  Surrounding the concave-sided hexagon are hints of eight dished areas, one of which retains a tiny fragment of original edge. This is straight, suggesting th…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CDAFBE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Large gold finger-ring with internal posy inscription and external decoration. The hoop is of even width throughout, and the exterior has a bold groove around either edge, with a convex surface in between. This is decorated with neatly engraved ornament, worn in places, consisting of oblique reserved strips (strapwork) between engraved lozenges each containing a five-petalled flower or rose in the centre, with stems and leaves filling the narrower corners. The diagonal lines give a twisted or cabled effect to the outside. The flatter (but still slightly convex) …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D0E063
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver asymmetric double-loop buckle frame, perhaps from a shoe or spur. One loop is rectangular and the other is D-shaped, with a pointed outside edge. The frame is D-shaped in cross-section, and the only decoration is an oblique groove at either outer corner of the rectangular loop; one of these grooves is now worn away at its outer end. The frame is thickened in the centre where it is drilled to take a separate bar, and the buckle is now bent up on either side of this hole, which is broken through to the reverse with the bar missing. The pin is also missi…
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CED7ED
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold and gem finger-ring, the gemstone held in place by four claws. The circular-section hoop is slender, generally 1.4mm in diameter. It flares upwards and flattens in thickness to a tall stirrup-shaped bezel which is just 0.9mm thick. This has a rounded cut-out at the top which wraps around the gemstone at little to form a pair of claws. At right angles to these are two more claws which are apparently integrally cast with the rest of the hoop. When viewed from the underside, there is no back to the bezel nor any kind of collet wrapped around the stone; the two …
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A203FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of even width and D-shaped cross-section throughout, although with some wear. The curved exterior is undecorated, and worn to a matt finish. The flat interior is more glossy, and has the inscription in neat seriffed capitals BE. FAYTHFVL. TO. THY. FREND. The two final letters are ligated.  Dimensions: Exterior diameter, 20.5mm. Width of hoop, 5.1mm (worn in some places to 5.0mm). Thickness of hoop, 1.5mm (worn in some places down to 1.2mm). Weight, 5.5g.  Discussion: This is a fairly small but relatively wide…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8F4D4A
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two silver pennies of Aethelred II (978 - 1013), both so-called Second Crux type, dating to AD 991-997 and found together. Catalogue: 1) Aethelred, 2nd Crux, moneyer Leofric of Lincoln, weight 1.52g. 2) Aethelred, 2nd Crux, moneyer Leofstan of Norwich, weight 1.61g. Discussion: They surely are part of a hoard or purse loss and entered the ground at the same time. Thus they represent a case of Treasure, as groups of two or more coins of precious metal and over 300 years old at the time of finding qualify as potential Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3A75F4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Group of six silver coins, all groats or double patards (or fragments thereof). Catalogue: 1) Richard III, fragment (about half) of a groat, London, initial mark & type illegible, 1.52g, 1483-5. 2) Henry VII or VIII, small fragment of a groat, further details illegible, 0.30g, c.1500-44. 3) Henry VIII, groat, London, rose initial mark, North 1797, 2.32g (missing a piece), 1526-9. 4) Henry VIII, groat, London, lis initial mark, uncertain letter forms of F and M, 2.52g, 1526-44. 5) Henry VIII, groat, London, lis initial mark, uncertain letter forms of F and M, 2.66g, 1526-44. …
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2623F1
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver vervel or hawking ring of Lewis and Richardson type C.iii (flat shield shape, cast in one piece). It is thin and flat, and the shield is quite angular, with a point at the base; much of the straight top is taken up with the ring.  It is engraved on one face with italic lettering reading Lestr / ange / Morda / nt (Lestrange Mordant). The top of the long s, and the L, are both off the edge of the shield, as if the hole in the ring was cut through after engraving. The other face has a lightly engraved heraldic crest. This consists o…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-81D353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy finger-ring of Guiraud's type 1b. The hoop is largely missing, with breaks worn down to points. What survives of the shoulders rises steeply to a thick oval bezel, measuring 14 x 9.5mm at the top, and a minimum of 5.3mm thick at the centre. It has an oval setting of uncertain material, now much decayed. In the centre is a flat, shiny, glassy, purplish circle sitting on the base of the cell, flanked by a thicker dull brownish material. Perhaps it was originally a glass or enamel. Total surviving width, 19.4mm; total length from top o…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8188B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy Roman plate brooch of umbonate or domed boss type. The circular boss has a empty sunken dot in the centre, surrounded by a single ring of 12 small triangular champlevé cells (apex inwards) which are inlaid alternately with red and with blue enamel. These cover the dome, and around it is a deep, wide groove, then a flat ring forming a border which now has a fragmentary worn edge. Two flat triangular projections from this border survive, one wide and shallow with the double hinge lug on the reverse and the other (longer and more tri…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5A6F3E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Martin (2015) type 1, narrow in shape but large and chunky. The headplate is small, almost square and undecorated, without wings and with sharply right-angled side edges giving a rectangular cross-section 3.4mm thick. Above is a large full-round integral top knob, with a circular base decorated with a circumferential groove, a concave waist above, and then a faceted dome. This has a lower half with eight triangular facets, alternately apex-up and apex-down, and an upper half that is a square-based pyramid. On the reverse of the headplate is a singl…
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-56A0CE
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pierced imitation coin of early-medieval date, probably early 9th century; probably intended as a pendant. Description: A gold disc, struck with a design on both faces. Each face has a beaded border, originally very neatly placed around the edge, but in places now worn to a plain ridge. Within this is an imitation inscription mainly consisting of radial raised strokes, virtually all of which have raised dots at either end.  The centre of the design consists essentially of three horizontal rows of short vertical strokes on the obverse, and five …
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D9E26D
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver cufflink element. It is circular, pressed into a hollow shape with flat top, down-turned wall and out-turned rim. The flat top has a raised rim, and the sunken centre within is decorated with a counter-relief heart over two crossed arrows (heads downwards) with a flame above. The reverse has an attachment loop made from round-section wire, now bent.  Dimensions: Diameter 14.mm, overall thickness including loop 5.0mm, weight 1.0g. Discussion: This is Lewis's type B, flaming heart with two arrows, a fairly common type; see NMS-499371 for a co…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-6EB2F9
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of gilded silver pilgrim badge, now bent and cracked, showing a figure and a dragon. The fragment is cast in one piece with a flat reverse and relief-decorated front. It is L-shaped, with part of a horizontal base which the vertical figure stands on the left-hand end of. The surviving part of the base is decorated with a dragon's head in profile looking towards the figure, with a long pointed ear, rounded brow, and an open mouth from which a tongue protrudes. Beneath the head is a pair of short forelegs bent forwards. In front of the dragon, an…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6E9398
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch with pin constriction and projecting clasped hands. The circular frame is mainly triangular in cross-section, but this is interrupted by the pin constriction at 12 o'clock, the clasped hands at 3 o'clock, and two quatrefoil flower bosses at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The pin constriction has a tiny transverse ridge to either side. The clasped hands have the thumbs uppermost, and the fingers above the thumbs are very slightly separated, but not apparently enough to hold something like a bead. The space in between has some hard so…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawston', grid reference and parish protected.