Record ID: NMS-636131
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver annular brooch. Short length of curved, circular-sectioned frame with separate rectangular plate soldered to the upper face in the form of an elaborate quatrefoil consisting of four larger foils alternating with four narrow foils separated by ribs radiating from a central pellet. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. Plate 7 x 7mm. Weight 0.5g. Circa 1250 - 1350. For similar examples see NMS-E93677, NMS-AC9E69 and a complete example NMS-D8B8F2. Field FLO15
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flordon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D0B0FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned circular band, with ten opposed concave scallops on each edge creating ten lozengiform panels each of which is engraved externally with a single black letter or star probably reading in French * e n * b o n * a n which may be translated as 'a good year'. External diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 1.42g. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', 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-193AA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Bezel, in the form of an oval setting within an octagonal, faceted collet, flat on the reverse, with the stubs of the broken hoop on each long edge. The setting is empty and gilding survives over most of the surface including the reverse. Measuring 15 x 12mm (excluding stubs of band), height 5.5mm. Weight 1.8g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E1945C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver annular brooch. Circular-sectioned frame with three rounded 'brambled' bosses, with a scar on the frame indicating the position of a missing fourth. Between the bosses on the upper face, four longer scars indicate separate soldered elements, now missing. The pin, for which there is no constriction, is also missing and the frame now slightly distorted. There are traces of gilding on the frame and bosses. A number of similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database including NMS-8FCB95 (HER32619, Near Swaffham), SF-56F631 and BERK-E7E494.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E12FA8
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver crucifix with integrally cast figure of Christ, possibly a pendant. The lower arm of the cross terminates in a trefoil below a transverse rib, the side arms both broken before the end of Christ's arms, and the upper arm broken flush with the top of the side arms possibly across a perforation. The object is cast and shows Christ with outstretched arms, his head leaning to one side, a knotted loin cloth, and a groove separating the legs. There are traces of gilding the front and possible traces of solder on the reverse. For broadly similar examples see WAW-…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E03FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with median longitudinal arris dividing two concave fields, the arris continuing through the shoulders at an angle, the band narrowing towards the rear. The shoulders either side of the arris are decorated with engraved sprays of five petalled flowers and leaves, the bezel with an indistinct design, perhaps foliate, and the rear of the hoop with closely spaced angled lines imitating twisting. Gilding survives over much of the internal and external surface. The rear of the hoop is now distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22mm. Width of bezel 8mm.…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DE742B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a longitudinal median arris dividing the bezel into two concave fields. The hoop, which tapers slightly from the edge of the bezel to the rear, is faceted to form six lozengiform fields with triangular fields to either side. Every field is engraved with a single line border around a design, except for the two triangular fields at the rear of the hoop which are plain. The bezel is engraved with a foliate and floral motif, the two triangular fields at either end of the bezel with radiating lines, the two lozengiform fields on each side…
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CD0349
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Narrow D-sectioned band with a bezel formed from a large rectangular collet (longest edge transverse to the band) with sloping sides holding a clear glass or crystal cabochon stone. The bezel is separated from the hoop by a narrow rib (less than 1mm wide) extending beyond the band on either side. The band and collet are gilded, but the metal behind the stone is silver. The ring is complete except for a small section of one edge of the collect, and only slightly distorted. Bezel 15 x 12mm. Thickness 5.5mm. External width of hoop 24mm. Width of band …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-CC589F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver finger ring, now distorted. The front half of the band is decorated with three square bosses each with a quatrefoil reserved on a field of niello and separated from each other by concave sections with four deep longitudinal grooves, with three grooves on each shoulder converging before the flat-sectioned, narrowed rear of the band. For broadly similar rings see NMS-EFD014, WILT-EBD251 and WAW-796003. Circa 1100 - 1300. Maximum width 5mm. Original external diameter circa 20mm. Weight 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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-C9BD37
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded mount. Disc, with a crowned Lombardic T in low relief on a crosshatched ground with a separate ring soldered around the edge of the upper face forming a border consisting of an internal rib and two thin external ribs either side of a deep groove containing evenly spaced pellets. There are traces of solder over the reverse and outer edge. Part of the disc and border are broken and missing. Circa 1500 - 1550. Diameter 24mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Thickness of disc (without border) 1mm. Weight 4.8g. The solder covering the reverse shows the mount was attached to a…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-922FB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval silver finger ring. Rectangular bezel with a diagonally set cross-crosslets filled with niello and a tiny tear-drop shaped blind hole in each of the central internal angles. At the edge on each side of the bezel there are two short indentations or dashes. The oval-sectioned broken hoop survives on one side only with multiple transverse cracks resulting from bending, and a longitudinal internal groove probably the result of hammering the edges. There is no visible decoration on the hoop. Bezel 6 x 6mm, 1mm thick. Weight 1.2g. For similar rings see SUSS-45C5F1, …
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8BF723
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount, probably from harness. Lozengiform plate with a slightly raised border around an eight pointed star in very low relief reserved on an enamelled field. The surviving enamel is grey, (perhaps originally white or pale blue). Gilding survives on the star around a central hole for a (missing) rivet. The reverse is plain. Measuring 41 x 28mm. For similar examples see Ashley, 2002, 18, fig.18, no.168 and 169. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-115435
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Elliptical-sectioned band expanding very slightly from the rear to the bezel which is formed from a D-shaped collet with bi-concave sides, now slightly damaged and empty. The hoop is decorated externally with a zigzag line with multiple stamped annulets filling the resulting triangular fields, separated at either end from the plain rear of the hoop by two transverse lines. The hoop is slightly distorted. Bezel 11 x 8mm. Thickness of bezel 5.5mm. Height of ring 23mm. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 17th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E93677
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded mount from an annular brooch. An elaborate quatrefoil consisting of four large foils alternating with four narrow foils, separated by ribs radiating from a central pellet. There are traces of solder on the reverse from attachment to the missing frame. Measuring 6 x 6mm. Weight 0.18g. Circa 1250 - 1350. For a similar example see NMS-AC9E69.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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-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-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-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
Spatial data recorded.