Record ID: NMS-2C9E06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
17th Century gold posy ring. Band consisting externally of ten circular bosses with corded borders. Between each boss on both sides of the band are smaller round knops. The flat internal surface is inscribed 'God gives in crease to Loue and peace'. The 's' of crease is very elongated and almost in the form of an f missing the cross bar. The tail of the letter 'p' extends backwards to underline the last two letters of 'and'. See Oman (1974, plate 58 c) for a very similar example with a different inscription. The style of the lettering is consistent for the 17th century. The British Mus…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-040E80
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy dagger guard. Sub-oval plate with one convex and cone pointed edge, a central rectangular slot for the (missing) tang, with a short oval-sectioned quillion expanding slightly to blunt terminals, at either end. There is a lozengiform-sectioned, crescent-shaped projection with a very worn and possibly broken terminal and traces of possible crosshatched decoration and the stub of a second on the pointed edge. Length 46mm. Maximum thickness (at terminal of quillion) 8mm. Tang slot 14 x 6mm. Very similar to two examples in Read (2001, 86, no.628 and 629. C. 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Sunday 12th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-36FAE4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy mount with flat gilt front face and two integral attachment shanks on reverse. The main part is subtly reverse S-shaped in outline, with the edges followed by a pair of parallel grooves on the front. Just below the top of the S the lines join in a spiral which may be intended to represent a bird's eye. A sinuous band along the centre is edged by grooves and contains a line of pellets in counter relief. The band ends in a point from which a groove extends the short distance to the bird's eye. At the base of the S a single groove parallel with a transverse rebate…
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-38A197
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy whistle tapering from a broad mouthpiece to a D-shaped sound-hole beyond which it is of consistent diameter as far as the distal end. This is now open but would have been blocked by a stopper of some sort. Decoration around the mouthpiece consists of a band of fine tendril ornament. This is separated from a field of fine pellets by a low rib. The pellets extend to the distal edge of the sound hole. A casting seam extends the full length along both sides. Length 26mm. Mouthpiece 9.5 x 6mm externally. Other end 4.5 x 4mm. Perhaps 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-374604
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Domed sexfoil harness mount with square-sectioned shank in the centre of the reverse. The gilt front is decorated in cast relief with a central multifoil and six-pointed star with concave sides and with each point ending a lobe at the edge. Between the lobes the edge is marked with scrolled foliar motifs. Punched dots covered all spaces between the raised elements. In very fresh condition but with some fresh damage. Diameter 49mm. Length of shank 10mm. Overall length 14mm. 17th - 18th 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-372630
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily molten fragment of an unidentified object. On one face a rib is overlain by a blob-like projection and there is a suggestion of a curving moulding. 28 x 22mm. Perhaps 5th - 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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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-2FF8A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring. The hoop has a D-shaped cross-section, and is inscribed on the flat internal face A vertuous wife preserveth life. The two 'v's are written as 'u's and the letters 'f' and 's' are elongated. There is a possible maker's mark in the form of a very worn stamped 'H' between the beginning and end of the inscription. External diameter 21mm, internal diameter 17.5mm, width of band 4.5mm. Weighing 3.8g. Inscriptions declaring that a virtuous wife preserved or comforted life, or banished strife, are frequently found on marriage or posy rings (Evans in R.E.S. 1933, 336) and…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C7EEF3
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age ceremonial dirk, the second recorded from Norfolk. The first was recovered from Oxborough in 1988 found point down in peaty deposits (Needham 1990; Collins 2013, 52). The landowner was said to have observed the second dirk being ploughed up, it then remained in the farm office for some years, occasionally being used to prop the door open. It was suggested that the object could be old and was then bought to Gressenhall for identification, causing more than a little surprise to the FLO and other staff of the finds department. Remarkably, the provenances of th…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C20698
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver tongue-shaped composite strap-end. The outer sheet plates are soldered to the spacer, which terminates in an acorn knop, the cup of which is decorated with (rather abraded) stamped annulets. One prong of the spacer is now detached, and there is some damage to the sides of the plates, which taper in straight lines towards the knop. The attachment edge is missing, but enough is extant to indicate a grooved round aperture in the centre. Almost identical engraved decoration on both plates near the attachment edge consists of a pear-shaped fruit between two curving stems ending in…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1064D3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three short cross pennies. These were found very close together and in all probability represent part of the contents of a dispersed hoard. This could very well have been a purse loss given the fact that only three coins were recovered. Richard I, short cross class 3, moneyer Goldwine of Canterbury, c.1190-4, weight 1.26g (finder's reference C1) John, short cross class 5c, moneyer Abel of London, c.1207-10, weight 1.45g (finder's reference C2). Henry III, short cross class 7a, uncertain Canterbury moneyer, c.1217-22, weight 1.35g The coins have not seen very much wear and …
Created on: Monday 12th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CA9968
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven Post-medieval silver coins found in a small area. They form a closely-dated group, ranging from a groat of Mary I (1553-4) to a sixpence of Elizabeth I (1575). It is difficult to see this group as anything other than a dispersed hoard, most likely the contents of a lost purse. Wear patterns are generally consistent with such an interpretation, the older coins showing more signs of wear than the later ones. The groat of Mary has seen little wear, probably the result of it having not spent much of its life (before loss) in circulation. The coins are (all Tower mint, London): …
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Banham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D6A1E6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scottow addenda, Norfolk, 52 copper alloy Roman coins (aes sestertii and where noted lower denominations of dupondii and asses; dp and as) additional to 2012 T217. Summary: Trajan AD 98-117, 4 (dp/as); Hadrian AD117-38, 2 (dp); Antoninus Pius AD 138-61, 1; Diva Faustina I, 2; Marcus Aurelius AD 161-80, 10 (9 x sest, 1 x dp); Faustina II, 1; Commodus AD 180-92, 1; Uncertain Antonine, 2 (1 x sest, 1 x dp); Uncertain Antonine empress, 1; Caracalla, AD 211-7, 1 (irregular cast copy of an as); Gordian III AD 238-44, 1 (as); Philip I AD 244-9, 2 (asses); illegible, 24 (15 x sest…
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scottow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E7BE60
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An ingot, analysed and found to be a high-tin pewter. Cast metal bar, one end rounded, the other distorted and broken. The section is plano-convex, tending to trapezoidal near the broken end. The surface of the curved face is uneven with numerous longitudinal striations, that of the straight face smooth. Near the very rough fracture the object has been bent, and there is transverse concavity, probably caused by pressure on the convex face. Small cracks on the convex surface are probably the result of post-depositional damage.The ingot weighs 113.62g. Analysis: Non-de…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-170DA7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Circular, with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows in low relief reserved on a stippled field, the down-turned flange missing, with a separate loop soldered to the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Weight 0.49g. For a similar example see NMS-1FA1B6. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-26F828
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two middle Bronze Age items comprising a hoard. A Middle Bronze Age palstave with one loop, straight stop ridge of ledge type projecting above the flanges. Below the ledge a shield-shaped raised area with two roughly leaf-shaped depressions. Concave sided blade expansion. Casting-seam down both sides. Recent damage to one flange. Older damage to cutting edge but otherwise in crisp condition. Length 172mm. Width 72.5mm. Thickness 38mm. Weight 622g. A Middle Bronze Age fragment of the butt of a rapier, corner with one rivet. Measuring at least 33 x at least 35mm. Rivet length …
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feltwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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-2E7826
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded dress fastener hook or eye plate. Sub-triangular plate with one long, straight edge which projects slightly beyond the shorter sides at either end, and four projecting pierced lugs for attachment. The plate is slightly concave on the reverse and convex on the front. Decoration consists of a line of pellets and twisted wire along the straight edge, a twisted wire annulet around each piercing, and a double strand of twisted wire forming a heart around three smaller hearts with a larger pellet at their conjoined points in the centre of the plate. A pair …
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.