Record ID: NMS-6E1D71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twenty fragments of a Middle or Late Bronze Age copper alloy cauldron, consisting of at least two cast staples and one or two ring handles. Recovered in four groups (items 1 - 10, 11 - 16, 17 - 19 & 20 - 21) with NGRs recorded for each find spot, but association between NGR and individual objects not retained except for nos. 1, 15 and 16. All the fragments are highly corroded. Handle 1: Three re-fitting fragments of cast copper alloy ring (two fragments from group 11 - 14, one fragment from group 2 - 10). The section varies from circular (9mm diameter) to oval (12 x 11 mm). Origina…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-90CAB7
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age incomplete copper alloy sword. Three fragments of blade were found on arable land on both sides of a stream, almost certainly as a result of spreading after dredging. Very corroded showing linear traces of vegetable matter, broken, now in three joining pieces (42 x at least 294mm), heavily notched edges to blade, slightly bent at tip. None of the breaks is recent.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D2C93E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of Late Bronze Age sword blade. Lenticular-section, parallel sided, the cutting edge completely missing. The breaks at either end are fairly granular, the joining break cleaner and granular but corroded. Surviving length 96mm. Width 38.5mm. Thickness 7mm. Circa 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-09ED76
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spear. Broken accross circular socket in lozengiform rib. Edges of blade badley damaged, cutting edge and tip completely missing. Surviving length 75mm. Maximum surviving width 19mm. Maximum surviving thickness 11mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3EEA07
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of blade of copper alloy Late Bronze Age spear head. Tip missing, no surviving evidence of bevelling all edges are damaged, round-sectioned mid-rib. Socket rounded centrally with tapering flanges to either side at break. Surviving length 31mm. Surviving width 22mm.
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FA07B1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The tip of a socketed spearhead. The edges of the bevelled blade and tip are worn and damaged, and the break across the circular sectioned socket is ancient. Surviving length 42mm. Maximum surviving width 22mm. Maximum surviving thickness 10.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadland', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-210703
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle or Late Bronze Age socketed and looped spear. Broken leaf-shaped blade with rounded mid-rib expanding to form shaft before irregular break across two side-loops and base of socket. Surviving length 37mm. Width of blade 17mm. Breaks ancient. For a very similar Late Bronze Age example see Hawkes (1955, GB.6, no1).
Created on: Monday 18th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1CC4D6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of mouth of socket of spearhead, broken across a peg hole. The fractures are not ancient. This object is number 41 of a hoard reported as Treasure Case 2008 T95. Late Bronze Age. Length 24.5mm. External diameter 24mm. Weight. 4.63g. For other objects in the hoard see NMS-EE8264 (nos. 1-40) and NMS-CA57D7 (nos. 42-5).
Created on: Monday 6th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-349E56
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very abraded fragment of mouth of socketed axehead. Measuring at least 19 x 18mm. Weighing 5.4g. c.1000 - c.701 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scole', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-475C25
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe in fairly fresh condition with prominent casting seams, blunt cutting edge, one possibly recent dent and recent scratching. Length 101mm. Width 42mm. Weight 267g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C74D44
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Broken across the base of the socket, flaring slightly for the slightly curved blade, the cutting edge damaged and missing. The breaks are all corroded and mostly worn, with the break on one side of the body appearing crisper and more recent than the rest. Width 45mm. Maximum thickness 11mm. Width at break 39mm. Surviving length 22mm. Weight 24.0g. 1000 - 701 BC.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A633FE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head. Broken across the base of the socket, upper part missing, flaring from the break to a crescentic cutting edge. The surface is very worn, corroded and pitted with only patches of brown patina surviving. There appears to be a median longitudinal arris or rib on both faces, although the level of corrosion makes it difficult to be certain. Surviving width of cutting edge 48mm. Surviving length 50mm. Surviving thickness 16mm. Weight 99.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-81B363
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, crescentic cutting edge with end of socket. The inner face and parts of the fracture are sooted. The wall is very much thicker (4mm) on one side of the socket than on the other (1.5mm). Length 21mm. Width 50.5mm. Thickness 11mm. Weight 41.73g. Additional to a scattered hoard reported as 2008 T454.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Acre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B3D123
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of socketed axe. Slightly curved blade (48mm wide), possibly rectangular body at least 32mm long, at least 13.5mm wide. Ancient breaks, dark brown patina flaking off in places, original cutting edge missing. Weighing 54.34g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2006
Last updated: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AF3139
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Bronze Age copper alloy ring. Circular-sectioned, narrowing slightly at one point perhaps through wear. Irregular corrosion, with a grey sheen from a high white metal content on the patinated areas. External diameter 41.5mm. Internal diameter 39.5mm. Diameter of section 6 - 8mm. 1000 - 701BC.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-BE02A4
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold sheet strip, one straight end complete, the other missing. Throughout its length one long edge is folded over by 1 - 1.5mm. Eight longitudinal grooves cover the remainder of the object apart from a narrow strip along the other edge, which was probably once also folded over. Possibly Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-46A4D6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with nine longitudinal grooves. One end has been chopped obliquely, while the other is apparently complete and slightly convex. Length at least 16mm. Width 8.5 - 9mm. Thickness 0.4mm. Weight 0.86g. For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC.
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6E2A74
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probable Middle or Late Bronze Age gold sheet strip or ribbon ornament decorated on one face with eleven longitudinal grooves. One end has been cut transversely or broken neatly, while the other convex end is apparently complete although crumpled and split across a single piercing. Width 10mm. Thickness less than 1mm. Length (unbent) c. 48mm. Weight 3.1g. For notes on Bronze Age ribbon ornaments see Treasure Annual Report 2007 47-8, nos. 38 and 39. c.1300 - c.800 BC. For similar examples see NMS-46A4D6, ESS-C13B97, PAS-E9E2A1.
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8F03C2
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Duplicate record. Please see NMS-01D7D8 for details of the find previously recorded here.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-01D7D8
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age razor, incomplete, probably originally crescent shaped. Blade tapers towards corroded cutting edge, broken at both ends, at least 5 (two complete) open-work triangles at top of body in line with concave back. Corrosion pattern on top of razor back suggest further projections, now missing. At least 32 x 39mm.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.