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Record ID: NMS-FE2CF5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Extremely worn and corroded fragemnt of copper alloy Roman bow brooch. Wings missing, reverse of head slightly concave, spring and pin missing, shallow D-sectioned bow, lower half of bow and catch-plate missing. Breaks ancient. Surviving length 22mm Probably 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2013
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Record ID: NMS-FD87B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sprung dolphin brooch. Undecorated C-sectioned wings, triangular-sectioned bow with concve sides and flat upper face, with a median ridge at the upper end. Almost complete triangular catch-plate with triangular aperture. Blunt-ended foot. Double pierced lug retains the spring with four coils on one side and five on the other. Pin missing. 1st century AD. Length 36mm. Width 23mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-31D763
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver pin from brooch or buckle. Cast, oval-sectioned, the point now bent over and recessed on the reverse for the (missing) frame, collar covered with multiple overlapping stamped annulets before loop. Length 22mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stradsett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-027251
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy cruciform brooch. Fully rounded, waisted, integral top knop with one groove above the waist and two below. Narrow, well defined rectangular head-plate with stamped pairs of semi-circles along either edge. The wings are narrow, rectangular, undecorated and curved downwards, with a small amount of iron corrosion on the front of one. There are rectangular panels with two transverse grooves at either end of the triangular-sectioned bow forming facets. The foot-plate has two transverse grooves before bevelled edges accross which the plate is broken, the terminal mi…
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DF3A72
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy S-shaped plate brooch, pin, spring and part of catchplate missing. The moulded terminals are filed into trefoils. Deep V-shaped notch in the base of the single pin lug. The high and short catchplate is of a type found on some Knee brooches, e.g. Hattatt nos. 1227-8, and plate brooches, e.g. ibid. nos. 1622-6. 33 x 17mm. 2nd - 3rd century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4BE6A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval annular brooch; flattened triangular section, constriction for missing pin, four rectangular cut-outs on inside edge, probably for missing bars, perhaps forming a saltire? Diameter 43-4mm. 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4BB9C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Small-long brooch, Leeds cross potent Type, head-plate with notches at base of semi-circular arms, stump of missing bow, perforated lug on reverse within iron corrosion and remains of iron pin. 34 x at least 26mm. Late 5th-6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-375E42
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete La Téne I type brooch, comprising remains of three coils of broken spring at top of oval sectioned bow with median groove, foot with a side extension forming the catch-plate, and narrowing and curving back on itself to terminate in a stylized animal head consisting of an oval disc with a snout. There is a single stamped dot in the centre of the top of the animal head. Length 40mm, width of bow at max. 5mm, depth of bow at max. 4mm. Similar to an example in Hattatt (2000, 288, fig.147, no.725) and another from Fring (HER 23001). 4th-3rd century BC.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-371D86
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small-long brooch, most of footplate missing. Leeds 1945 cross potent type. Entirely plain headplate. Rectangular panel forming facets at top and base of hollow-backed bow, both panels with a single transverse groove. Single median groove on bow. Single transverse groove at top of footplate. On reverse a widely spaced double pin lug with remains of iron pin bar and spring, and stub of catchplate. The break across the upper end of the footplate is not ancient, and cuts through the footplate stub. Length at least 46mm. Width 26mm. Late 5th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-370E34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small-long brooch, all edges of the headplate and all below the lower part of the bow missing. The two perforations in the headplate suggest a place in Leeds 1945 cross pattee derivative group e (i). Lines of fine punched dots follow the edge of the basal notches, extend up to and around and then link the two perforations. A rectangular panel forming facets is extant at the top of the hollow-backed bow. It is decorated with two transverse grooves and a parallel line of punched dots. There is a concentration of dots at the top of the bow. Further lines of dots follow its edg…
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-36E1B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of bow brooch: headplate with most of wings missing, and with stubs of cast-in-one half-round top knob and of bow, and slightly raised trapezoidal panel emphasised by fine engraved line down both sides. Either a cruciform or a small-long with cruciform headplate. Single pin lug and remains of iron pin bar and spring on reverse.Surviving dimensions; length 19mm, width 21mm. Late 5th - early 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Tuddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-365184
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy long brooch, head missing, arched flat-sectioned bow with traces of engraved longitudinal grooved lines, semi-circular cut-outs flank remains of damaged slightly flaring and possibly rounded foot with remains of catch-plate on reverse. Measuring at least 10 x at least 40mm. Probably an armbrustfibel, cf. an example from Oxborough (HER 2634). Early to mid 5th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-363494
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small-long brooch, Leeds 1945 square-head type, the head-plate has the stump of the missing bow on the lower edge. Single lug with remains of decayed iron pin on reverse. The break across the bow is ancient. Length at least 19mm. Width 19mm. Late 5th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-362CC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small-long brooch, Leeds 1945 cross pattee derivative type, all below the lower part of the bow missing. The head-plate has notches at the angles in the upper edge and flanking the springing of the bow in the lower edge. Lines of fine punched annulets follow the edge of the notches. A rectangular panel forming facets is extant at the top of the D-sectioned bow. It is decorated with the remains of a transverse groove. Twin pin lugs with remains of decayed iron pin on reverse. The break across the bow is ancient. Length at least 30mm. Width 18mm. Late 5th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-361E63
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head-plate and bow of a tinned Cruciform brooch: cast-in-one top knob, trapezoidal central panel, incomplete flaring wings, rectangular panel forming facets and decorated with twin horizontal lines at top and base of hollow-backed bow. Lug on reverse contains corroded remains of iron pin. There is no stamped decoration. Ancient breaks. Width at least 27mm. Length at least 52mm. Early to mid 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-354115
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Footplate side lobe from a gilt great square-headed brooch, extant lobe, silver sheet appliqué missing, with stumps of openwork footplate inner border and inner panel frame with cable moulding. Measuring at least 26 x at least 23mm. The breaks are not recent. Hines 1997 Group XVI. Mid 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morton on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-350FB0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flat copper alloy fragment, all edges broken, the front face gilt and with "chip carved" face decoration consisting of a row of short grooved ribs and part of a probable frame of animal ornament. The rear face is plain and badly pock-marked. Probably part of a brooch, either a Great Square-headed or a Florid Cruciform. Surviving dimensions 15 x 11mm. Thickness 2.5mm. 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-32D6E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete copper-alloy cruciform brooch of Martin's type 1.1.2 and Åberg Group I. It has a fully-round top knob, detachable side knobs missing, pitted head-plate with central panel and narrow wings gently angled backwards. Rectangular panel decorated with transverse grooves at top and base form facets on bow with median groove. Traces of engraved transverse lines on rectangular panel at top of footplate, then simple half-round moulding with transverse groove above an elongated narrowed animal-head terminal with protruding eyes, tapering to a crescentic expansion forming nostril…
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-227D43
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cruciform brooch of Åberg / Leeds Group IVa. Headplate and upper part of the bow are missing, remains of facetted bow with shallow hollow on the reverse. The footplate begins as a flat trapezium between remains of two lappets, the almost complete one with a highly simplified downward-pointing beaked head. The half-round moulding comprises a groove between two broad ribs. The animal-head terminal is broken beneath a pair of protruding eyes, terminal missing. Broken catch-plate on reverse. Ancient breaks. Length grater than 60mm, width at broken lappets greater than 29mm. 6t…
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-216812
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late early-medieval incomplete disc brooch, damaged outside edge, very worn concave-sided figure with each of the four corners extended to form interlaced, double contoured knots, circular sunken field in centre, Borre style. On reverse worn stubs of single pin lug and catch-plate, both aligned with outside edge. Cf. West, 1998, fig. 134.8. Diameter 28mm. 10th century.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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