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-751047
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object consisting of a circular-section rod c. 7mm in diameter, with worn ends which appear to originally have been squared off, not broken. One end might have been cut or otherwise shaped into three facets. It is shaped into a loose ring, originally perhaps c. 50-60mm in external diameter, but one end (the one with three possible facets) has been bent backwards to wrench the ring out of shape. Its unbent length is c. 200mm and it weighs 48.9g. This object was found on the same field as a small hoard of Bronze Age items (2021T771) but it cannot be positively identifi…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E6ED94
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold element from jewellery, set with a blue cabochon gemstone. It is an irregular oval or sub-triangle, made to accommodate an uncut gem. It consists of a flat backplate with a central circular scar, and an upright plain collar which curves very slightly inwards to fit over the lower part of the gem, holding it in place. The polished, translucent stone is slightly domed in cross-section, curving to a flat top; it may be a sapphire. The overall cross-section is largely rectangular. Dimensions: Length 9.2mm, width 7.8mm, th…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AEAC9D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of flat copper-alloy plate, 1.3mm thick and approximately rectangular, 23 x 12 mm. One face is smooth and the other rougher. One long edge is cut into with four V-shaped notches, larger at one end and getting smaller towards the other. The other long edge has a partial circle (c. 6mm diameter) cut out of the corner closer to the smaller notches. Other edges appear to be broken (worn breaks). The zig-zag serrations are very slightly bevelled or rounded, on the smoother face only. There is a green patina and the object appears of some age, although precise date and fun…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9F1F6A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc-headed nail or stud made from copper alloy, of uncertain date but perhaps Roman to medieval. The head is flat and an irregular circular shape, 10.3-11.1mm in diameter and c. 2mm thick. The edge is perhaps damaged in places but it was originally rectilinear; the cross-section is not quite rectangular, as the reverse seems to be slightly thicker where the off-centre shaft emerges. This is roughly circular in cross-section and tapers at first gently and then more steeply to a point. It has a shiny brown patina. Total length, 9.2mm. Weight, 1.4g.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9E59E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of bent copper-alloy strip, roughly rectangular but tapering from 8.9 to 7.6mm in width along its length, which is c. 38mm. Both ends are probably broken, but the breaks are neat and worn. The surfaces are not flat but appear hammered. On one face, the narrower end is covered with fine parallel closely spaced oblique grooves. On the other, there is a zone of similar grooving in the centre, but here there are two orientations of grooves crossing each other; a group of closely spaced oblique lines, and over the top a few more widely spaced grooves following the same …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A5D7A9
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible strap-fitting made from a strip of copper-alloy sheet folded in half, with a single rivet hole (diameter 2.4mm) at the open end. The strip tapers very slightly from 10.2mm wide at the open end, where it is c. 3mm thick, to 8.7mm at the closed end, which has a wide, rounded fold bringing the thickness to 5.7mm. It weighs 3.6g. There is no obvious decoration, although there is a roughly circular patch of corrosion around the rivet hole on one face. It has a dark grey patina underlying a mottled dark green surface. This cannot be a conventional buckle plate because there i…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A920BD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sub-square piece of copper-alloy sheet, now bent at a slight angle across. It measures 38mm long (parallel to the bend) and at least 36.5mm wide, and has a circular hole 3.7mm in diameter at one corner. This and one adjacent corner are neat right angles, and the sides are also neat here, but two other sides are more ragged. There is no obvious decoration. The sheet is 1.2mm thick and a pale green colour with patches of a corroded surface; it weighs 9.3g. Function unknown, but likely to be of Roman to medieval date.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A85BCA
Object type: ROVE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small square piece of copper-alloy sheet, probably a rove. It measures 9.7 x 7.9mm, and varies in thickness from 0.7mm at one edge to 0.5mm at others; it weighs 0.3g. There is an off-centre circular hole, 1.6mm in diameter, which has been pushed through from the slightly concave front to the slightly convex reverse. There is no decoration. It could be a fragment of a larger object, but is quite neatly shaped, so may be a complete rove from a rivet. Separate sheet roves are commonest in the medieval period, but are used from Roman times onwards. 
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-A57DE1
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neatly made copper-alloy ring. The ring has a circular cross-section, 2.6mm diameter around most of the circumference, but has an internal notch at two points opposite each other, taking the thickness of the ring here down to 1.4mm. The notches may be due to wear, but are neat and the ring may have been intentionally made with them. One has a pair of tiny nicks next to it on the external surface. There is a grey, polished surface obscured in places by pale green corrosion and brown iron staining. It measures 20.8mm externally between the narrower areas and&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D4F278
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy strap-end of unusual form. It consists of a rounded or heart-shaped plate which is split for almost all its length to hold the strap. One half is missing (old break) but the other, probably the front, survives complete. It has low-relief openwork decoration with minute traces of gilding in the recesses. The design is symmetrical, with an outer frame containing six central rounded lobes (two vertical rows of three each). The central lobes each have a pair of tendrils or spokes emerging from them to join the outer frame, forming three holes down either side. The top pair ma…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D53905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold ring, probably a finger-ring of unknown date. It is made from thin gold strip, consistently 4.3-4.5mm wide and 0.6mm thick. It is flat on both faces, but more polished or worn on the exterior. There is no obvious seam but there is a slight tear on the inside in one place which might indicate a point of weakness at a join. When found, it was flattened, but has since been bent out to its present irregular shape. It fits neatly and comfortably on a finger, and is approximately 20mm in external diameter. It weighs 2.3g. The ring does not obviously appear modern but there is no e…
Created on: Friday 4th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-EA2D3C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed object or fragment of object of cast copper alloy. The broken end is concave and although now worn, looks as if it was broken at a time when the metal was not brittle. It is pentagonal in cross-section at the break, with rounded angles; these facets run to the point, tapering gently and first and then more sharply, although with no obvious break of curve. There are longitudinal grooves on the more steeply tapering area which are irregular and appear more due to wear than to deliberate manufacture. Length 38.5mm, maximum cross-section c. 10mm across, weight 12.6g.
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-76E0E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy and iron unidentified object. It is irregular in shape, sub-square or sub-oval; it measures about 20 x 21mm between edges, or 24 x 20mm between angles. It is a maximum of 15mm thick and weighs 28.40g. One face appears to have a copper-alloy border around square hollow in the centre filled with iron corrosion; the other face has iron corrosion all over it but with a strip of copper alloy running from one edge into the centre, and two corners of copper alloy. The sides appear to be largely copper alloy with a surface spread of iron corrosion. There cannot be much of an iron…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-26E97D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy unidentified object. It is flat and basically triangular, with two original edges joining at a right angle. The third edge is irregular and most of it is probably broken. The right angle is rounded, and decorated on one face with a stamped circle right at the tip flanked by two others; all three circles are off the object to some extent. Behind and between is a groove which runs to the centre of the irregular edge; its base is polished, as if by wear. There is a hint of a low ridge along both the original edges, and this extends a little beyond the broken edge at one corn…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2F196B
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Standing lead weight with rectangular base measuring 15 x 12.5mm, and bevelled corners rising to a height of 32mm. The very top is flattened front to back, and irregularly rounded, and pierced between the wider faces with a circular hole. Neatly made, it weighs 35.56g (one and a quarter ounces). Compare the larger SWYOR-05FF1A and CORN-C10729. These weights are very difficult to date.
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-51E974
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chunky cast copper-alloy object of unknown date and function. It is largely rectangular, 35mm long and 24mm wide at the best-preserved short end. One long edge is 9mm thick, neatly right-angled and appears original. One face curves slightly from this long edge to the other, and the other curves much more strongly so that the whole object tapers in side view to a thin edge along the other long side. This may also be an original edge, or may be broken but worn; one corner is certainly damaged but very worn. Across the centre of the object, between the long edges, runs a 9mm wide ba…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 7th May 2021
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Record ID: NMS-F9589D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cruciform or cross-shaped object made from copper alloy and now corroded. Three arms survive, all tapering from the centre both in width and thickness, and with D-shaped cross-sections. Two opposing arms are longer, giving a total length of 33.3mm. They appear to be broken at their ends (worn breaks. The shorter arm is definitely incomplete although the break is again worn; the missing arm has an unworn break. The upper face of the object is slightly convex, the underside slightly concave, with an equal curve to all the arms. There is no decoration, but there is an off-cent…
Created on: Monday 14th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-823EA1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy unidentified object, of unknown date. It has one broken or possibly cut end, which is a flat hexagon or oval in cross-section. The other end is bifurcated, with each arm D-shaped in cross-section and tapering. The end of each arm is slightly expanded into an oval, rounded on the outside and flat on the inner face. Both ovals are pierced, and the holes are now blocked with hard soil, probably with some iron corrosion. The arms are not precisely symmetrical and at least one might have been bent outwards a little. Each arm is c. 16mm long and the total surviving length is 25…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1A3DD7
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of silver droplet or metalworking debris. It is flat, 3.3mm thick, and oval with one rounded end. The edges are also rounded, except for the end opposite the rounded end which is irregular and indented with sharp edges, probably caused by breakage at a bubble. All edges and faces have smaller sharp-edged depressions and indentations, probably caused by gas bubbles when molten. Both faces have small green patches as well as a silvery surface. It measures 13.7mm x 9.9mm and weighs 2.2g. Undatable.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
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