Record ID: NMS-D18CC1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The hoard has been fully published (Behr and Pestell 2014) and a summary can be found at https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-binham-hoard Silver sheet, probably an equal-armed brooch or perhaps a mount. The curved bow is flat-backed with raised edges on the front face and otherwise plain, straight sided except at either end where it flares sharply before originally wide triangular terminals at either end, three corners of which are missing, the fourth detached and held in place by a small piece of clear plastic tape. There are stamps consisting of two concentric rings arou…
Created on: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-3D8F5B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
2 medieval silver coins found within two feet of each other. Both are groats of similar date in very good condition, and it seems likely that they went into the ground together. They are: Edward IV, London, cinquefoil initial mark with rose on breast, Type XXI, North 1631, weight 3.13g, 1480-3 Henry VII, London, crosslet initial mark, North 1747, weight 3.07g, 1504-7 The later groat has hardly seen any circulation and so it seems likely that the hoard was lost or deposited late in the first decade of the 16th century or early in the second.
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Loddon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3D424A
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three coins found reasonably close together, a halfcrown of Charles I and two shillings. The halfcrown in particular is not a denomination that is often found as a single find and there is little doubt that these three coins represent part of a scattered hoard. They have probably seen a little too much circulation to date this hoard to the Civil War of the 1640s - loss or deposition probably occurred in the 1650s or 1660s. Catalogue 1) Charles I halfcrown, eye initial mark, North 2213, weight 14.68, 1645 2) Charles I shilling, crown initial mark, North 2225, weight 5.91g, 163…
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3CB76E
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Undated and unidentified fragment of silver or white metal, possibly an ingot. Sub-oval section, curved, with multiple hammer marks on the outer face, the ends damaged or deliberately burred over, with well-defined but irregular longitudinal grooves on the inner face. Length 12mm. Width 7mm. Weight 1.4g. This object cannot be securely identified or dated and therefore falls outside of the provisions of the Treasure Act (1996).
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2ECF4C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Due to its fragmentary nature it is difficult to conclusively identify this object. It is most likely a late medieval dress accessory. It is made from silver, and takes the form of a scallop shell with seven foils divided by six radiating engraved lines and two transverse curved lines on the upper, convex face. The reverse is concave with a few possible spots of solder, broken across the hinge end of the shell. Apart from the possible solder, there is no visible means of attachment. For comparisons please see: BERK-FC52B0 and FAKL-BCA6A8 Probably 14th - 15th century. Length 2…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Loddon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2D1DD8
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver bodkin. Rectangular-sectioned bevelled on both faces to form pointed sides. Broken across the base of a rectangular slot at one end and tapering very slightly to a break at the other. On one face below the slot are faint lines, possibly deliberately engraved letters MI although very uncertain. There is no other decoration. Surviving length 43mm. Maximum surviving width 5.5mm. Thickness 2mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2C8D19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver open-framed brooch. Sub-circular frame, flat on the reverse, cast in low relief on the front in the form of two addorsed birds, with their tails intertwined in a knot terminating in a rounded 'brambled' knop on the outer edge of the frame, their curved bodies forming the sides of the brooch, their heads turned back so their beaks meet above the piercing for the pin attachment. On the outer edge of the frame a small rounded knop with radiating grooves may be intended as a shell or pearl held between the bird's beaks and mirroring the knop at their tails. Deta…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-197839
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon Cloisonné enamel disc brooch. The brooch is composite, with a slightly convex central enamelled field within a vertical collet surrounded by a flange in the form of a double moulded, cabled border imitating a double band of twisted wire. On the reverse of the separate back-plate is a scar from a soldered catch-plate and the broken and corroded remains of the soldered pin lug. The pin is missing. The translucent cloisonné enamel decoration consists of a central circular cell filled with white enamel surrounded by four circular cells filled with blue enamel, with four ci…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FFED42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally Continew Constant. There is no maker's mark. External diameter 18mm. Internal diameter 16mm. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.6g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-80160D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally MD in irregular or poorly executed roman capitals, with a stamped maker's mark consisting of two worn letters in Black Letter within an oval, T followed by an uncertain letter, perhaps E or D. External diameter 22mm. Internal diameter 18.5mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 5.9g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-07864A
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin or headdress pin. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to the blunt point, broken across the rectangular slot at the upper end, the terminal missing. Decorated alike on both faces with two transverse lines below the slot from the lower of which multiple longitudinal engraved lines descend, lengthening towards the centre. There are no marks on the surviving part of the bodkin, which is cracked and slightly distorted along the whole length. Surviving length 86mm. Maximum surviving width 4mm. Maximum surviving thickness 2mm. Weight 2.9g. Many similar examples have …
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-0059FD
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin or headdress pin. Rectangular-sectioned with a pierced circular terminal and rectangular slot at the upper end, tapering smoothly to the rounded point. There is no trace of any decoration or marks. Length 140mm. Maximum width 5mm. Thickness 2mm. Weight 5.9g. Many bodkins of similar form, usually decorated, have been recorded including NMS-032A66, BH-536345, SUR-365184 and NARC-029CF5. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-6F0812
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Beaker period barbed and tanged arrowhead of semi-translucent fine quality flint with no rough inclusions, now patinated an attractive orange colour. The piece is missing both barbs and the tip with some minor damage to both lateral edges. All breaks appear to be ancient. This is unfortunate as the shape of the barbs are the defining characteristic for Green's typology (1980). Both faces are competently pressure flaked with overlapping flake scars. Although fragmentary it is likely to belong to Conygar Hill, Sutton, or Green Low types of arrowhead. 2300-1700 BC. Measu…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-57F66D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver eye-plate dress fastener consisting of a triangular plate with three twisted wire annulets within a twisted wire border which follows the edge of the plate, with a single length of silver wire soldered to the reverse bent and protruding from beneath the plate to form two attachment loops and an eye. Gilding survives on the front of the wire and plate but is missing from the centre of the three annulets suggesting a possible lost pellet. There are slight traces of gilding on the reverse and the tips of two corners of the plate are missing. Length 13mm. Width 10mm. …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-052EF9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite strap-end of crescentic type, the points of the crescent meeting leaving an oval aperture in the front-plate. The separate oval sheet back-plate is secured by two copper alloy rivets through the points of the crescent at upper end and two copper alloy rivets near mid-point. The front of the crescent is decorated with engraved lines, probably stylised leaves or a flower, with short sectioned of rocker arm engraving. The knop at the base of the crescent is missing. Surviving length 34mm. Width 33mm. Cf. Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 312-314. Circa 1400 - 1450.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-04473A
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medieval copper alloy candle snuffer or wick trimmer. Rectangular plate with integral projection from one corner at right-angles to the plate, hinged to a fragment of the flat-sectioned handle now broken at both ends, which would originally have been a swivelling joint with the plate forming the front of an open box which could be closed on the wick. The front of the plate is decorated with lines of engraved rocker arm along each edge and from each corner to the centre, with a ring-and-dot in the centre and in each corner. Plate 33 x 43mm. Surviving total length 66mm.…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F36EDA
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very unusual Late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy composite linch pin with bent and corroded square-sectioned shank (14 x 14mm), pelta-shaped openwork head and foot with discoidal terminal. The peltoid head and the foot are both cast. The face of the head is decorated with six circular cells containing traces of red enamel, four in a Y-shaped arrangement within an engraved triskele reserved on a circular pecked field, one in the centre and each of the three outer cells in a curled terminals of the triskele, two further cells are set in the swollen convex base of the head…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DFF770
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt strap-end from scabbard belt or book clasp, of characteristic 14th-century design, of box-like construction. The part that contained the strap is rectangular with separate side strips before a box-like circular boss and broken transversely pierced terminal. On the reverse of the circular boss is a highly corroded protrusion. Tiny traces of gilding are visible, but the any detail is obscured by a layer of corrosion and dirt. These strap-ends are interpreted by Fingerlin (1971), p.111, nos.174-8) as scabbard belt-mounts, but have also been identified at book c…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C3D56B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Slightly more than half of the hoop survives, the rear of the hoop missing with jagged breaks at either side. The ring is divided longitudinally from one broken edge to the other by a median rib to either side of which the outer face is concave. The sides are curved with each concave field engraved with longitudinal lines and short radiating dashes, possibly intended as a stylised leaf. A change of angle defines the edge of the bezel, with the median rib and a central transverse arris dividing the bezel into four rectangular fields each…
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halvergate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CC35F7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified Object. Lead sheet with shallow bi-convex upper edge, folded twice and tapering slightly towards the now hidden terminal. Stamped or pecked decoration consists of four eight-pointed stars at the bi-convex end with one small circular hole at one edge, a pair of parallel lines of dashes at each edge between which two pairs of dashed lines form an X with an eight-pointed star in each angle. The edges are not regular and the decoration goes over the edge at one point. None of the internal face is visible. Maximum width 34mm. Length (folded) 26mm. Estimated unfolded length at …
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.