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Record ID: NMS-2D74E1
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell in two pieces, partially filled with corroded iron pea, rectangular attachment loop with fully-round perforation. Height 35mm. Mid 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 13th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2013
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Record ID: NMS-1CC105
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint adze. Longitudinal curve partially formed by a large scar from natural shatter flake pre-knapping, some partial polishing towards the curved blade, straight sides tapering twards the rounded butt. Differential patination with one face appearing dark grey / black and the other paler, cloudy grey. Neolithic, perhaps late Neolithic. Length 128mm. Maximum width 53mm. Maximum thickness 18mm.
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 15th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-070AB3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy scabbard slide. D-sectioned bridge, slightly concave on the reverse, with narrow, damaged flange along either side and the narrow lower end, cast in a rightangle at the upper end after which the slide is broken across a narrowing. Both upper and lower terminals are missing. See James (2010, 152, fig.89, no.533 - 543 and 545) for broadly similar examples. Surviving length 65mm. Width 11mm. Thickness 5.5mm. 3rd - 4th century. Find V.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-06C734
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy furniture fitting. Incomplete escutcheon plate in the form of a stylised openwork two headed crowned eagle, the bird's heads bent to join the wings,the outwardly bent feet forming rectangular apertures, the plate broken acorss a keyhole.The simple three pointed crown, elongated necks, displayed wings and feet are covered in lines of engraved rockerarm, with stamped annulets forming the eyes, and a single stamped heart above the keyhole in the centre of the bird's breast. The plate is thickened on the reverse either side of the keyhole. For similar, incom…
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-04CF34
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rivet formed from rolled triangular sheet. Not closley dateable. Length 20mm. Head 9 x 11mm. Find N.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2013
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Record ID: NMS-02FBE5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three lead objects, possibly weights. Undated. Globular with central hole. Diameter 15mm. Height 15mm. Weight 19.8g. Find Q. Globular with flattened upper and lower face and central hole, very irregular surface. Maximim diameter 23.5mm. Maximum thickness 15.5mm. Weight 35.4g. Find P. Discoidal, one face recessed with an irregular hole which tapers to just pierce the base. Diameter 37mm. Height 22mm. Weight 187.8g.Find O.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2013
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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-F37E23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a medieval buckle of unusual form. Copper alloy sheet cut and bent to form two parallel sides and outside edge. The sides, one of which is incomplete and both of which are now bent flat to the back of the buckle, were pierced twice to hold two (missing) bars, iron corrosion from which surrounds one of the surviving holes. The extremely elongated outside edge of the buckle is curved, and bent to form two hollow-backed longitudinal ribs, with a deep central notch at the end. The plate is decorated with a median longitudunal line and multple angled lines forming staggared chevro…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F32D63
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval copper alloy mount or cap. Hexagonal, with short straight sides and faceted domed top. Alternate facets are covered in black lacquer. There is no visible means of attachment. Height 16mm. Maximum diameter of base 30mm. Find F.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F2D547
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle chape broken across hole for missing button. Stamped maker's mark, now worn and unclear. Length 32mm. 17th - 18th century. Find D.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F2B867
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Rectangular, back-plate broken accross single rivet hole at attachment edge, openwork sheet spacer with bevelled edges either side of rectangular aperture with trefoil terminal and longitudinal groove on the reverse through rivet hole at attachment edge. Lower half of front-plate only survives broken accross trefoil terminal of central aperture. There is a second rivet through all three plates, before a concave notch on either side before a transverse break. Lower terminal missing. File marks and traces of solder on the exposed front face of …
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F25726
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Front-plate only from composite buckle, rectangular, with rivet in each corner at attachment edge, tapering slightly to straight inner edge. No slot or hole for pin, not recessed for a frame. Decorated with an engraved rocker-arm line along each long edge with three rocker-arm X's forming a zig-zag, with a short line of rocker-arm in the centre of each resulting lezengiform and triangular field. File marks on the reverse and possible traces of solder. Length 48mm. Width 23mm. 13th - 15th century. Find B.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 13th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DCB354
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman greyware. One fragment of jar / bowl rim (not enough survives to estimate original diameter) and one base sherd. 37.3g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DCA6E4
Object type: POT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Abraded body sherd of hard, grey, flint gritted pottery, probably Iron Age. Weighing 6.9g.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DC6E26
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three prehistoric secondary flint flakes, 49, 32 and 33mm long.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DAB2A6
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric secondary flint flake. Slightly patinated pale grey surface. Length 30mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DA86F4
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric secondary flint flake. Some possible retouch, damaged around most of edge. Length 36mm. Width 34mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DA6F04
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric tertiary flint flake. Hinge fracture, retouch forming notch, damaged around most of edge. Length 41mm. Width 31mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DA32F2
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric secondary flint flake with retouch or use wear around most of the edge, and the bulb partially removed. Possibly an unfinished scraper. Length 41mm. Width 43mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D9C431
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric secondary flint flake with possible retouch or use wear around most of the edge. Length 38mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D95127
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric nsecondary flint flake. Retouch forming a notch, and on the dorsal face to remove part of a ridge. Length 34mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D91127
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint flake patinated pale blue and white. Perhaps originally notched, but the edge shows unpatinated recent damage and may be accidental. Length 48mm.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9FC908
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy curved purse frame fragment. Circular-sectioned frame broken at both ends with one complete and two incomplete integral pierced lugs. The only surviving decoration consists of three transverse grooves on the upper face. Thickness 6mm x 9mm (including lug). 15th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9FA3A6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Disc stamped with overlapping multipoint stars on both faces. Diameter 53mm. Thickness 6mm. Weight 120.3g.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9F92B7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight or unidentified object. Roman - Post-medieval. Lead cone, the top damaged, with corroded iron protruding from the base and pointing upwards in two spikes from the sides. Height 31mm. Diameter at base 24mm. Weight 57.3g.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9F7AA6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Circular, plano-convex, central hole. Height 10mm Diameter 26mm. Weight 35.7g.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9F3E78
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Circular, plano-convex, with central hole. Diameter 28mm. Height 9mm. Weight 40.3g.
Created on: Friday 6th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-8A00B7
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Late Saxon or Early Medieval Sandwich Ware (Jennings, 1981, 23). 13.1g. 11th - early 12th century.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E18566
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy peasant finger-ring without bezel, with butt-jointed flat-sectioned hoop probably secured by solder. Decorated with stamped impressions of a star and crescent motif. Small spirals impressions highlight the crescent in front of which are two very small stars, one at each edge. External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width 5mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-E14455
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Late Saxon ingot of flat ovoid form, i.e. with almost parallel straight sides, rounded ends and two broad faces. Of the latter one is almost level but with slight signs of transverse hammering, and the other is very slightly concave. Length 46.5mm. Width 20.5mm. Thickness 5.5mm. Weight 33.90g. It has been suggested that copper alloy ingots from Norfolk of bar-like form and with transverse hammering may belong to the Viking period (Geake, H. Medieval Archaeol. 2001, 242-3). This example bears no obvious relationship with the 25g/26g unit suggested from Viking-Age silver ingots…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-E13086
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast unidentified object, perhaps a harness fitting, shield-shaped, the short straight edge is a break across a hollow-backed longitudinal arris, the sides curve and taper to the pointed surviving end which kicks forward and has a globular knop on the terminal and an integral perforated lug on the reverse. 13 x at least 23mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E124A2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted fragment of an unidentified object, possibly either a brooch or a bracelet, broken at both ends, curved and slightly hollowed with chamfered sides and worn and corroded moulded decoration on the face comprising a transverse rib between remains of interlace. Length at least 13mm. Width 20mm. Thickness 5mm. Probably Continental, possibly Carolingian. 8th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E00DA6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, bent, lugs squashed against sides. On one face a scallop shell of Spencer's (1971 and 1990) Type II, and on the other a crowned reversed S. The latter device may possibly be for Our Lady of Sudbury, a minor cult (Spencer 1971, 64). Height 54mm. Width 27mm. 14th-early 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E00012
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy cast discoidal un-inscribed weight, convex sided ('truncated sphere'). Diameter 22mm, thickness 13mm. Weighing 44.25 g, 1.5610 oz, 682.8 grains. Some slight damage to surface. The weight may (although slightly underweight) represent 2 of the postulated Scandinavian units of 24.4 ±0.8g (Kruse 1992), i.e. 47.2g to 50.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DFB8F0
Object type: CENSER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy censer-cover re-used as a weight, Winchester-style house-shaped decorated with cast openwork in four lozenge-shaped fields above, and the four sides below. The openwork body is filled with lead. Knob on top and smaller knop on each angle with the exception of the four angles at base, each of which has a projecting perforated lug (one broken). S and reversed S-shaped tendrils alternate on the four lozengiform fields. Three of the four sides are decorated with four curled tendrils and one has a five-branched frond (one branch is obscured by the lead filling). Hei…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DF9D95
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with rib ending in pierced lug on reverse. Octagonal, width 20mm. Lion passant on an octofoil in relief. LEO RVGIENS QVERIT QVE D'VO'ET (the roaring lion seeks someone to eat, an abbreviated version of the Vulgate version of the first letter of St Peter, Chapter 5 verse 8: tamquam leo rugiens circuit quaerens quem devoret meaning 'as a roaring lion goes about seeking whom he may devour'). 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DF80A1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy incomplete front plate from composite tongue-shaped strap-end, upper end missing, damaged terminal, remains of incomplete vertical inscription within bordering lines on both sides (to be read in both cases with the outside edge uppermost) comprises: ]...MIA // AIM...[ . There is an outline of the missing forked spacer in solder on the reverse. Cf. Dress Access. figs.93-5. 16 x at least 36mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DF7354
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy or pewter dagger quillons, angled with expanded and rounded terminals, lozengiform collar and perforation for tang and elongated lozengiform recess in underside to accommodate the upper end of the missing blade. 49 x 21mm. Cf. an example on an effigy of c. 1380-90 at Chalgrave, Bedfordshire illustrated in LMMC, fig.8, no.1.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DF66B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy incomplete gilt buckle plate, rectangular, loop broken, two rivet-holes at the attachment end, one with dome-headed rivet, face now very worn with a lion passant with elaborate curling tail, convex head formed by a separate rivet and traces of engraved detail, reserved on a blue-enamelled field. Tear-shaped cells indicate the joints on the front and rear quarters and contain remains of white enamel. Measuring at least 36 x 29mm. Thickness 1.5mm, at head 3mm. Cf. Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 8-14, an example from Swaffham (HER 29207), which shows a centaur and another from…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DF4F20
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy fragment of cast probable harness link, sub-rectangular sectioned bar with collared terminal and three worn transverse grooves, other end broken across offset internally worn loop, rectangular boss on stump of narrow rectangular side of loop, other side obliquely-angled and oval-sectioned. Measuring at least 37 x at least 13mm. A possible variant of a type illustrated in Williams 2007 fig. 3e. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandringham', grid reference and parish protected.

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-DF2FB1
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dress hook of Read 2008 Class E Type 3 with trapezoidal loop and hollow-backed plate with moulded cinquefoil within a lobed and pelleted border. There is no collar. In very fresh condition. 16th - early 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DF1F07
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy swivel for the attachment of a leash consisting of two rings, both with moulded animal heads clasping a boss. One of these, slightly flatter at the rear, has an integral shank on which the other turns. The two elements still swivel freely. Zoomorphic terminals are quite typical: a recent survey of medieval swivels from Norfolk indicated that twenty-four out of thirty-four examples were so decorated. Such objects were probably used with hounds (Ashley 2006, 105, fig. 1 no.2). Length 46mm. Width 26mm. Internal diameter 16-16.5mm. 12th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-DF05C2
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy wrist-clasp eye-plate of Hines 1993 form B12 with three pierced lugs on rear edge and white-metal coating on front face. The central flat boss is square and larger than the other two rectangular ones, and one grooved bar between the bosses is much wider (7mm) than the other (5.5mm). 17 x 37.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DEE301
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt copper alloy buckle with frame of unusual form: ovoid or D-shaped with offset narrowed bar, twin flanges on both sides, large globular boss in centre of outside edge, and extensions of the sides beyond the outside edge in the form of stylised animal heads, one of which is missing. Tapering D-section pin with transverse rib near loop. 27 x 30mm. Cf. a rather more elaborate example in the Bargello Museum in Florence, dated by Fingerlin (1971, 343, Kat. Nr. 76, Abb. 24) to the second half of the 13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 17th July 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DED365
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete buckle frame, oval, broad outside edge with decoration cast in relief, very worn and corroded motif, possibly: Between two fabulous birds a fleur-de-lis, stumps of missing narrowed offset bar. 15 x 20mm. Cf. similar buckle frames from Heacham, Norfolk (HER 51073), Flixton, Suffolk, and Eynsham, Oxfordshire (Hardy, Dodd and Keevill (2003), plate 9.3) and a similar motif on a buckle plate from Houghton, West Sussex, in Med. Archaeol. (2009), p.339, fig.6b. Late 12th-13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DEC466
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilt buckle plate, rectangular, with pin-slot and recessed for frame, loops broken, two rivet-holes at the attachment end, three leaves on a curled bifurcated tendril reserved on a decayed whitish enamelled field. Measurin at least 41 x 18mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Late 12th-early 13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-DDA3D2
Object type: COCKSPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy cockspur, tip of spike missing. Five attachment holes through leg ring. Length at least 22.5mm. Maximum external diameter of leg ring 14mm, minimum internal diameter 8.5mm. Not closely datable.
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Upwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4DD0C7
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual medieval or post-medieval sword pommel, oval-sectioned trefoil-shaped, the side lobes are rather small, decorated with horizontal bands of short engraved lines between long slightly oblique vertical dividing lines, vertical sub-rectangular perforation contains remains of iron tang (corroded plug-like fragment detached from lower end). Width 38mm. Length 32mm. Width 19mm. 15th-16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-4DC181
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval composite dress hook, cast lead/tin discoidal head, face with central perforation within corroded and therefore obscure arrangement of large pellets, separate embedded copper alloy wire hook at base. Broadly similar to Read (2008), no.540.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Friday 16th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4DB446
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, portcullis, R to sinister, within remains of legend: ]crown S · FRO[
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-4DA0D4
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, damaged privy mark.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Record ID: NMS-4D89C3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unusual silver hooked strap-end or socketed hooked tag, shield-shaped plate with split attachment end with two silver rivets, integral hook springs from solid base. 14 x 16mm. Weighs 2.40g. 8th-11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4D0A63
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete gilt spur buckle, bent oval frame, integral plate with engraved oblique lines forming chevronny pattern at rectangular cut-out and slot forming narrowed bar for missing pin, transverse oval expansion at springing of missing hook, perforation contains rivet integral with remains of large strap-loop, now a squashed separate joining fragment. Measuring at least 58 x 44mm. Cf. Whitehead (2003), no.181. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4CF142
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy wrist-clasp hook-plate of Hines' form C3. The outer part of the hooked projection is missing. On the rear edge there is a break across one of two perforations for attachment and a central heart-shaped motif. On the front chip-carved ornament consists of two symmetrically arranged Style I animals between scroll motifs near the sides. In the centre a large mask motif faces to the rear. Half of a large roundel survives in front of the head, the rest having been lost with the hook element. This circle would have been the central motif of the complete clasp, i.e. wh…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4C1700
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman, possible pendant or toilet implement (perhaps a nail cleaner), disproportional large collared loop at one end of oval-sectioned shank, splayed flat-sectioned terminal. Length 33mm. Diameter of loop 14mm.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4C0BC1
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, Charles II type head, OF ENGLAND (Cf. Egan 1994 no.137, possibly for James II).
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4BFE65
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy unusual small book clasp, rectangular frame with sub-circular lobe above and smaller rounded terminal beyond this. Both lobe and terminal have similarly-sized circular holes from front to back. The central lobe also has short grooves or notches down each side, running perpendicular to the edge. The reverse is slightly hollowed. 10 x 14mm. Similar to NMS-75E773 and LON-21176F, but with front-to-back perforation as on SF-743945.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4B9603
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval elaborate composite gilt buckle-plate, tongue-shaped folded widthways with pin-slot and recessed for frame, narrowed on reverse, copper alloy rivet through trefoil terminal, separate open-work plate attached (by solder) to front, cast lion passant guardant modelled in high relief accentuated by undercutting openwork perforations. Surviving measurments 29 x 11mm. Separately cast openwork plate 5mm thick. Cf. part of a similar plate from Mautby (HER 35301). Late 12th-13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4892B4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bell with lozengiform cannon, remains of iron crown staple and seven triangular apertures in side. Slightly squashed. Cf. examples from Beachamwell (HER 25476), Bradenham (HER 31358), Great Dunham (HER 45401), and two bells dated on the PAS website to the Roman period, from Newport, Essex (ESS-954081) and Brill, Buckinghamshire (BUC-F532E5), but also to others on the website which are dated to the Late Saxon period, e.g. examples from Chippenham, Cambridgeshire (SF-2C7AE4), Barham, Suffolk (SF-4A8FA1), Paulespury, Northamptonshire (NARC-D9C172) and West Clandon, Su…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-486111
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Looped mount, possible from a sword belt, not closely paralleled, plate cast in the form of a crude female head in profile facing left, perforated lug at apex containing corroded remains of iron rivet, with fragment also present in the splayed perforated terminal of a narrowed D-sectioned basal loop. 16 x 39mm. 16th-17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4842B6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age ring-headed pin, cast in one with ring joined to the shoulder by a bulbous moulding between two low ribs with continuous transverse grooves giving the appearance of pellets. The outer edge of the ring is followed by a median rib decorated in a similar fashion. A small hole passes through the shank immediately below the head and at the top of a curving length of shank. There is a slight circular depression in the surface at the end of the hole below the decorative moulding. This would have housed a decorative discoidal appliqué or stud secured by a (now loose) rivet. This pro…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-477E93
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, tip, very narrow fragment of adjacent cutting edge and end of tang. missing. The ends of the barbs are slightly scuffed. There is a slight median rib on one face while the other is entirely flat. Length 34mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 2mm. The surfaces are dull brown through iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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-474172
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual buckle frame, angled double-oval with grooved lip on one outside edge and corresponding un-grooved lip on other outside edge, concave moulding with ends that project beyond frame on both sides at end of narrowed central bar, pin missing. 52 x 34mm. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-473026
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Repoussé belt mount, rectangular, possibly moulded into the form of a passant beast with dot for eye. Central perforation, separate rivet missing. Width 21 x 15mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-471D68
Object type: CENSER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Suspension-unit probably from a censer or perhaps a balance, comprising a short conical, round-sectioned spike and radiating from below its base three concave-sided arched flat-sectioned arms with perforated ring-and-dot on splayed terminals. There is some broad similarity to a more commonly found medieval type of suspension-unit for a lamp or censer (e.g. the example illustrated in EAA 32, fig.50, no.2), and a pre-Conquest balance suspension-unit from York, see Mainman and Rogers (2000), Finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York (2000), 2559-2561, no.10413. However, the piece described h…
Created on: Wednesday 21st August 2013
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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-387133
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt horse harness pendant, small cruciform with broken suspension-loop, arms with slightly expanded globular terminals, central perforation contains dome-headed rivet, circular rove on reverse. 13 x 24mm. Cf. slightly larger example with central rivet from Carleton Rode (HER 36537). 12th-century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3862C6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight, disc with convex sides and slightly abraded angles between faces and sides, 8.5mm thick, diameter 15mm. Weighing 11.98 g, 0.4225 oz, 185.0 grains. The weight of this piece is just under half of the suggested weight unit of 26.6 g for around 200 Hiberno-Norse finds from Dublin (Kruse 1992, 86).
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-384922
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age or Roman possible harness mount, cap of shallow hollow cast inverted cup-shape with convex sides, containing remains of red enamel with damaged possible circular cell or setting in centre. Circular-sectioned shank on reverse, chamfered to square section, irregular cut-out at terminal. Diameter of cap 19mm. thickness of cap 5mm. Length 36mm. Cf. related type of mount from Flitcham with Appleton (HER 52540). 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-37C257
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy buckle frame of extraordinary form, corroded and broken, trapezoidal, with the outside edge consisting of a huge animal head with a longitudinal oval aperture formed by the open mouth, one bent obliquely angled oval-sectioned side with engraved transverse grooves survives, the other side and the straight narrowed bar are missing. There is a rounded sub-triangular perforation in the base of the animal-head near the inner edge forming a pin-bar, pin missing. The animal head carries elaborate cast moulded detail; both sides with a long vertical ear with transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-37B248
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete quillons from dagger, one expanded knopped oval terminal survives, the other missing, damaged collar, cusped points which would have enclosed blade. Measuring at least 51 x at least 21mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-37A773
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, crowned letters: ... o
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-379E67
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilt horse harness pendant, cruciform, suspension-loop at apex, D-sectioned arms. 25 x 41mm. 12th-13th-century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3790A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very unusual pair of unfinished jointly cast buckle frames, vertically conjoined side-to-side, bent at join, both oval (width 12mm, height c. 21.5mm) with broad outside edge of flattened D-shaped section and offset narrowed bar. 12 x (unbent) 43mm. Cf. Dress Access. no. 271. 13th - 14th century. Important find, a rare example of evidence for manufacturing.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3780C6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cloth seal, small annulet to dexter of large letter A (for mixed linen-warp and cotton weft fabrics from Augsburg, Germany) // pine cone within cusped border with trefoil terminals. Cf. Egan (1994) nos.308-10. 16th/early 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3777B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete possible strap distributor, comprising two sides, the short one broad and flat-sectioned, the longer narrow and oval-sectioned, of a probably rectangular frame, with square boss at both surviving corners (at ends of short side). One boss decorated with engraved saltire within border, the other with oblique line within border. Measuring 20 x at least 25mm. Probably for two straps which would have been looped around the two opposed narrowed bars between bosses. A broadly similar although square example was found in Middle Harling, cf. EAA 74, Fig.51, no.129, miss-identified a…
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-376D07
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete corroded and broken collar from smallsword, stumps of quillons and finger-guard branches, obliquely set lozengiform socket at upper end, narrow collar at other end, traces of seven inserted silver pellets on both faces. Measuring at least 27 x 38mm. 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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
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-3737F3
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Harness mount, gilt shield-shaped stud with integral round-sectioned shank on reverse, rather poor enamelled decoration consists of Azure a lion passant in front of a tree Or, cf. a pendant from Shouldham (Ashley EAA 101, fig. 17 no. 153). 17 x 14mm. Length of shank 8mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th May 2022
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-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-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-36CA14
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gilt copper alloy mount, apparently flat, with one curved edge original, the others broken. A large oval collet, now empty, rises from the decorated face. Engraved decoration consists of a band of foliar ornament of tendrils and spirals next to the curved edge, and around the base of the collet of a zig-zag pattern formed from closely spaced chevrons. The original shape of the object is uncertain. Possibly a book mount, but rather too thick and heavy duty. Surviving dimensions 31.5 x 28.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Collet 22.5 x 15mm, height 4.5mm. Perhaps 12th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-36ACA3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable horse harness pendant, flat-sectioned sub-triangular openwork plate, trapezoidal loop in same plane at apex with circular lobe on both upper angles at ends of narrowed bar, triangular projections flank junction with plate which is pierced by six large perforations (reading down: 1, 2, 3), animal-head profiles on angles flank projecting pointed lobe at base. The face is decorated with lines of stamped annulets around perforations and outer edge. 45 x 58mm. 3mm thick. This piece can also be found illustrated in Rogerson and Ashley (2010, 129; fig. 7.49), and com…
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-366EC7
Object type: BRASS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of monumental brass, one original slightly concave edge survives, angled chop on opposite edge, other sides broken, one across rivet-hole, deeply incised foliate decoration (possible mantling?) and multiple oblique lines bordering the surviving edge. Surviving dimensions 46 x 44mm, 2mm thick. Late 15th-early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-365ED6
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lead pilgrim badge, m-shaped with small pellets around outside edge. Surviving measurements 16 x 11mm. Perhaps 15th 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-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-3642B6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of probably military harness pendant, upper end with rounded shoulders, face with vertical median panel decorated with engraved bordering lines and ending in twin loops at apex containing corroded iron pin for suspension, lower end missing, 17 x at least 21mm. Date uncertain.
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-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-360DF6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy tinned weight, polyhedral, rectangular-sectioned square with corners cut-off (13 x 13mm, 11mm thick), engraved bordering lines on each of the facets, opposed larger faces with tapering perforation, single dot on each of the remaining facets. Weighing 13.32g / 205.2 grains. This weight is less than 0.01% overweight for three of one of the three postulated weight units (4.43g) of the Late Saxon period. (Kruse 1992, 80).
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morton on the Hill', 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.