Record ID: NMS-CAD201
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Unidentified medieval silver object, perhaps part of a reliquary pendant. Sub-oval sheet, pointed at one end and rounded at the other forming a teardrop-shape. On one face within a narrow plain border the letters Ihc in black letter are reserved on a crosshatched ground. The letters are those of the sacred trigram, representing the name of Jesus, and probably relate to the Cult of the Holy Name of Jesus, which was popular in the 15th and early 16th century. On the reverse are possible traces of solder and a scar from a missing diagonally placed element. 15th - 16th century. Measu…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sculthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-178AE0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age socketed terminal mount in the form of a bull's head. Circular-sectioned socket filled with orange-stained soil, perhaps from iron corrosion, with four evenly spaced rivet holes between two very fine engraved lines around the edge. One of the rivet holes is broken through and there is a ragged crack extending 11mm from the edge, possibly caused by internal corrosion forcing the socket apart. The socket tapers smoothly from the opening, curving at the end to form a narrow neck before the stylised bull's head. This is cast in the round, with horizontal horns which bend sha…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3AB323
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally facetted conical handle, now bent, collard before broken openwork trefoil terminal. Oval, 14 x 16mm. Lamb and flag (Agnus Dei), lamb statant sinister. c. 1650 - 1700. 14 x 16mm. Weighing 4.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3C11C7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Circular, with angled flange, crown above two hearts in low relief reserved on a stippled field. Separate loop soldered to reverse. Diameter 13mm. Weight 0.6g. A well known type, see similar examples recorded on the PAS database including SUSS-E88264, SWYOR-52C053, and NMS-BE7442. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3B4582
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete late Medieval silver finger ring. D-sectioned band with raised edges externally, decorated with three deep, oblique, u-profile grooves between which are multiple closely spaced stamped annulets or crescents arranged in angled rows, giving the impression of scales. Gilding survives on the internal and external face. The band has been neatly cut and the two ends pushed close together, making the original diameter or proportion of the ring surviving impossible to estimate. 15th - 16th century. For a similar example with a slightly different arrangement of grooves and…
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1D8A18
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of non-joining silver probable ingots; rectangular-sectioned, the reverse and one side flat, the other side and upper face particularly irregular with hammer marks. Both ends appear to have been partially cut into on the upper face and then broken. Breaks not recent. Surviving maximum dimensions 17 x 4.5 x 3.5m. Weight 1.7g (27gn). rectangular section with the corners cut off (bevelled on each long edge), complete and blunt at one end, the other end cut into on all four sides and then broken in in centre. Breaks not recent. A few possible hammer marks. Survi…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A1F33
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness fitting or possible chape. Triangular lower half, semi-circular in section with a fully rounded discoidal terminal at the point. From the upper, straight edge a thinner slightly domed sectioned projects decorated with transverse lines connected by off-set longitudinal lines imitating a brickwork pattern, with a rounded end, and a large central hole for a (missing) rivet. Substantial traces of gilding survive over the whole front face and discoidal terminal. Length 48.5mm. Maximum surviving width 21mm. Maximum thickness 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EDAEB2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
SF4. Context 1046. Silver-gilt dress fastener. Length 13mm. Width 8mm. Weight 0.6g. Dress fastener consisting of a single piece of circular sectioned wire formed into a spiral 'figure of eight' which would have been sewn onto a garment, ending in a hook with a rounded end. The hook is applied to an incomplete decorative plate, upon which there is partly visible some filigree work. This type of dress hook is classified as a Read (2008) Class B Type 2, 3 or 4 (unknown which type as plate is incomplete; nos. 597-605). Early post-medieval. Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Cl…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-449552
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring consisting of a sub-circular sectioned hoop without bezel. There is no decoration, inscription, maker's mark or hall mark. Cf. an example from Suffolk (PAS SF-FCF822). With such a lack of diagnostic features the object cannot be dated more closely than to the Roman period or any time thereafter. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weighing 5.38g.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7C7611
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Basal mount with two (distorted) rectangular strap loops and Y-shaped upright rotating stem for the suspension of two horse harness pendants. An unusual feature is the bifurcation near the top of the stem, just above which the two parts split into two round-ended pierced arms. Normally the stem holds a banner or a single pendant set sideways at the top (N. Griffiths FRG Datasheet 5 (1986) figs .22-3) or multiple arms (normally four) spring from a rotating sphere (ibid. figs. 24-5). Loops c.15 x 6mm internally. Length c.57mm. Height 43mm. Late 13th -14th century
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heacham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-01860E
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness fitting. Two rectangular strap loops connected at the lower edge by a convex sided central pierced bar. Broken across one of the loops. Gilded. Surviving length 47mm. Height 13mm. Width at connecting bar 9.5mm. For a similar, complete example see NMS-665801 (HER56826, Somerton, Norfolk) and Griffiths (1986 figs. 22-4).13th - 14th Century.
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Saturday 21st November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-174194
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silvered copper alloy horse harness suspension mount, T-shaped, bent and broken 95 (reconstructed) x 17mm, triangular-sectioned horizontal bar with slightly hollowed back, double-cusped mouldings at lobed pierced terminals and perforated square central boss decorated with engraved lozengiform cross-hatching, from which projects a slotted projection bent backward onto reverse to form twin suspension-loops. Suspension-loops contain copper-alloy pin and fragment of pendant (5 x 18mm) with flat perforated loop and slotted part of rectangular-sectioned frame broken across transverse perfor…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2004
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colkirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-371453
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early or Middle Saxon copper alloy mount, probably from a hanging bowl. Flat-sectioned strip, slightly curved, with the edges beveled on the underside only. The front of the strip is silvered and decorated with open-line, ribbon-style interlace, reserved on a decayed enameled field now a pale buff colour. Broken at both ends and partially obscured by copper corrosion. Surviving length 25mm. Width 8.5mm. Thickness 2mm.Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter, if forming part of a circular mount. A similar strip thought to form part of a basal ring or …
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1B08F0
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment probably from a basal mount for a rotating banner medieval horse harness pendant. Broken across the corner of one strap loop with either the central perforation for (missing) upright, or more probably a pierced and lobed terminal. Very worn. See N. Griffiths FRG Datasheet 5 (1986) fig.24 and NMS-E15E07 for an example with a pierced and lobed terminal. Surviving length 19mm. Width 10mm. Late 13th -14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3540D7
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy rowel from spur with 24 radiating arms, each of which is rectangular-sectioned with bevelled edges, expanding slightly to pointed terminals. The arms are conjoined for about half thier length with a central, sub-oval hole, possibly of irregular shape as a result of wear. Traces of tinning survive on both faces. Maximum diameter 73.5mm. Thickness 4mm. Similar, multi-pointed, large rowels became popular from the later 14th century (Clark, 1995, The Medieval Horse and It's Equipment, 29 and 148, fig.106, no.361 and 362), and other similar examples are reco…
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0D4020
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver annular brooch. The circular frame is in the form of two snakes which overlap at their necks, the heads pointing away from the frame. Each elongated head has a pointed muzzle, small projecting ears, and a line forming the closed mouth. One pellet eye survives on each head. One half of the frame is flat sectioned with a pair of median engraved lines along the back, and pairs on tiny pecked notches to either side, possibly representing scales. It narrows towards the rear, then becomes circular sectioned and wrapped in silver wire, leaving a gap for the pin, for the other half. Th…
Created on: Thursday 10th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F17F21
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval distorted fragment of a silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with two round knops each decorated with closely spaced stamped annulets. Broken at both ends, pin missing. Surviving length 32mm. Diameter of knops 4mm. Thickness of frame 1.75mm. Weight 1.18g. Cf. Treasure Annual Report 20115/6, 347, no.333 and 334 for similar examples. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D84CF2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver annular brooch. Rectangular sectioned frame cast to appear twisted, each face slightly concave with a central row of closely spaced pellets. Restriction for the pin, which has two transverse ridges next to the frame. Cf. a similar, but larger examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 253, fig.163, no.1334), Staffordshire (PAS database number WMID-46E157, 2007 T326) and Langley with Hardley, Norfolk (PAS database number NMS-49D2C5, HER 45418, 2006 T296). See also Treasure Annual Report 2000, fig. 134, M&ME267) Date: 13th - 14th century. Dime…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2CB928
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver medieval annular brooch. Less than a quarter of the flat-sectioned frame survives, decorated on the upper face with raised circles with central pellets with a pair of pellets between each circle and a raised internal and external single line border. Gilding survives on both faces. Pin missing. The decoration is similar to lead / tin alloy examples from 13th - 14th century contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 253, fig.163, nos.1323, 1328 and 1332) and to a more elaborate c. 15th century example decorated with filigree from Barton Bendish, Norfolk (NMS-F…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B903F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver annular brooch. Broken circular sectioned frame with two (probably of originally four) knops around the frame, each decorated with multiple stamped annulets but now worn smooth over much of the surface. Tiny traces of gilding survive on the knops. There is a long patch of solder on the frame between the two surviving knops indicating an unknown missing element. Pin missing. Perhaps half the frame survives, but distorted, so original diameter uncertain. Weight 2.1g. Diameter of frame 2mm. Diameter of knops 5mm. A well known type. For similar, comple…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.