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Record ID: NMS-4D1658
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon fragment of copper alloy bird-shaped brooch, broken openwork with remains of S-shaped bird in Ringerike/Urnes-style, remains of pierced lug on reverse. Cf. Pedersen (1999) figs.1-3. Second half of the 11th century. Other examples of this type of bird brooch on the PAS database include NLM5638, SUSS-44F203, SF-7B3CA5, SF-BCC403, BERK-5DED86, NMS-E7F720, KENT-9F6987, BERK-CEBC67 and SF-AD5FA7.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Topcroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-090A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead nummular brooch, cast pattern in relief on face, unusual arrangement for attachment on reverse comprising opposed twin lugs on outside edges with transverse perforations linked by groove with raised sides, diameter 41mm. Pattern derived from penny of Cnut (pointed helmet type), North no.787, pl.13, 1024-30. There is no other English coin with this design.
Created on: Friday 4th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4501C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late early-medieval copper alloy disc brooch of Jansson type II A, very worn, domed with remains of cast Borre-style decoration of three inward-facing cat-like animals between the lobes of a trefoil, on the reverse is a broken pierced lug and catch-plate, there is no loop for chain or pendant so probably of native rather than Scandinavian origin, diameter 22mm. Cf. Margeson 1997, 20-1, fig.22. 10th century
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton Subcourse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-96F717
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy cruciform brooch, worn and corroded, plain head-plate and wings with integral half-round knobs, single perforated lug on reverse, facetted bow with transverse lines at both ends and on damaged panel, ancient break, terminal missing.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-97B234
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch. Both ends are missing. The oval-sectioned bow is very corroded has the damaged remains of an acanthus moulding at its centre. There is a vertical scar from the missing catch-plate on the back. The fragment is 33mm long and has a maximum width of 7mm.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9A2841
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon fragment of copper-alloy cruciform brooch, rectangular head-plate with integral top knob and notched sides between two engraved horizontal lines, single pierced lug on reverse containing fragment of iron pin, facetted bow, foot missing (ancient break), 11 x 33mm.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-77BF92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon cloisonné enamel gilt copper alloy disc brooch with seven lobes, each originally containing a glass sphere. Apart from these tiny missing pieces of glass, the brooch is in remarkable condition with gilding present over most of the metal surfaces, even on the edges of the cells, & the enamel cells are brightly coloured. Soldered onto the reverse are a pin lug consisting of two lugs with a wire pin looped around an copper alloy spindle held by the lugs, & a short, low catchplate. The cloisonné enamel decoration consists of four semicircular cells, two blue & two yellow, pro…
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A03942
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Bow-and-fantail brooch. There is a cast head loop, and short tubular wings enclose the axis bar. There is a fragment of the copper alloy pin. There are slight traces of vertical grooves on the bow which expands towards the break where most of what would have been a triangular fantail and catch-plate are missing. , 16 x 29mm. This brooch can be dated from the second half of the 1st century into the mid 2nd century.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A1F832
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon fragment of copper alloy Small Square-headed brooch, bow and head-plate missing, break not ancient. Short 'cross-potent' arms and foot with bordering punched dots, relief decoration comprising crude central lozenge with four asymmetrically placed dots within two concentric lozengiform mouldings, the outer decorated with median line of punched dots, 34 x at least 37mm. Of a type originating in Kent and more commonly found in southern England (MacGregor and Bolick (1993) 120). Early-mid sixth century AD.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A63C64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a late Iron Age-early Roman copper alloy Rosette or Langton Down brooch. Only part of the foot survives. It is slightly splayed and has five vertical grooves and a scar of the catch-plate on the reverse.
Created on: Friday 30th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Narford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E4BAC8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy Annular brooch, flat-sectioned frame, decorated with four groups of three pecked concentric semi-circular lines springing from bordering line, abbreviated decoration at drilled hole with sheet pin. Diameter 17mm. Cf. broadly similar example in Dress Accessories Fig.162, no.1316. 13th-century.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E5D731
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon fragment (33 x 47mm) of cruciform brooch, square head-plate, upper edge broken, one damaged flaring wing survives, one missing, broken at lower end of facetted bow, foot missing, ancient breaks.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E5F777
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon fragment (24 x 34mm) of cruciform brooch, tiny part of head-plate, step at springing of broken facetted bow with median groove, foot missing, ancient breaks.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E63446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon Incomplete small-long brooch, square-head imitation (Cf. Leeds 1945, fig.34) rectangular head-plate with broad projection at upper edge and narrow rounded projection on both sides, short narrow bow with median arris, rectangular foot with broken tapering projection at base, foot missing. Reverse has perforated lug with corroded remains of iron pin and catch-plate with twin engraved lines at upper and lower edge, 27 x (at least) 55mm.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F56A02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon Side knob from cruciform brooch, fully-round with overlapping projection at attachment edge, three transverse lines, broad groove and terminal knop, longitudinal perforation, length 17mm, diameter 9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F636C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon incomplete copper alloy small-long brooch, upper part missing, ancient break, tiny part of facetted bow, notches, panel between transverse lines and grooved moulding above short splayed foot, broken catch-plate on reverse, 12 x (at least) 34mm
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F72267
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Early Saxon non-joining fragments of (probably one) copper alloy annular brooch, angled frame, approximately just under half survives, engraved transverse lines, broken across constriction for pin, approximate diameter 45mm, Cf Spong Hill III (1984), Fig 80, 24.7.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Barningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F8BEB1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch, slightly hollow-backed D-sectioned bow with flattened median band decorated with double pecked line, elaborate cruciform terminals with incised cast decoration of segmented cross-shape, double pierced lug with corroded fragment of iron pin and broken catch-plate on reverse, 23 x 62mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Barningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F9A865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Anglo-Saxon ansate brooch, shallow bow and three-lobed end with three engraved longitudinal grooves, worn transverse grooves on centre of bow, scar of lug with iron corrosion and bent catch-plate on reverse, 6 x 41mm.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Barningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FAA2C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-British incomplete (16 x 21mm) sprung copper alloy Dolphin brooch, semi-circular wings with spool on both, broken rearward hook, bow with remains of notched median rib and stepped moulding on sides, broken, foot missing. Mid 1st century, before AD 60/65.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwellthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.