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Record ID: NMS-B7F8D5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular frame with rounded corners, drilled for separate iron spindle, only corrosion from which now survives, chape missing. Cast decoration on the upper face in the form of four lozengiform bosses in low relief with debased foliate motifs between. There is a pair of small rounded knops of each outside edge. Measuring 30 x 33mm. Late 17th - early 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-057B0F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Circular frame with sub-circular to faceted section. The sheet pin is C-sectioned after the loop. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 15mm. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2015
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-FE859F
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval bodkin. Tapering from a break across the base of a rectangular slot at one end to a break at the other, and now bent into an S-shape. Rectangular-sectioned with a median arris along each edge, engraved decoration alike on both faces consisting of (from below the slot down) two transverse lines, a flower, two transverse lines, multiple longitudinal lines increasing in length towards the centre, an X formed from four feathered lines which don't meet on one face, and a teardrop-shape. A copper alloy core is revealed at the break at the upper end, and where the s…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-69CEAF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring. D-sectioned band with slight internal median arris, widening and thickening smoothly from the rear of the hoop to the front. There is a narrow moulding at either edge of the band on slightly less than half of the upper face of the ring either side of the otherwise undefined shoulders and bezel. External diameter 16mm. Internal diameter 11.5mm. Maximum width 5mm. Maximum thickness 3mm. Weight 1.9g. The simplicity of the ring makes close dating difficult.
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near King's Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6201FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italics In thee my choyc'e I doe rejoyc'e followed by a stamped maker's mark of a Q in low relief within a shield. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 6.6g. A 17th - 18th century posy ring with an internal inscription in similar italics in the collections of the British Museum (museum number AF.1197) has a similar stamped maker's mark, which does not appear in any standard work of reference and is therefore not identifiable.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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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
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Record ID: NMS-C3D56B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Slightly more than half of the hoop survives, the rear of the hoop missing with jagged breaks at either side. The ring is divided longitudinally from one broken edge to the other by a median rib to either side of which the outer face is concave. The sides are curved with each concave field engraved with longitudinal lines and short radiating dashes, possibly intended as a stylised leaf. A change of angle defines the edge of the bezel, with the median rib and a central transverse arris dividing the bezel into four rectangular fields each…
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halvergate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CED6E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of P-shaped or crossbow brooch. Broken at both ends. Lower bow of flat 'D' section ending with a single engraved transverse line above a pair of side notches, the footplate decorated with a pair of side notches, transverse line and another pair of side notches at the break. The catchplate does not survive. It is evidenced by a small broken backwards projection on the footplate, below which all of that side of the plate is missing. A rather flimsy example. Length 19mm, width 4mm. Weight 0.62g. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Walton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-B7AE64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy finger ring. Narrow D-sectiond hoop expanding sharply through the shoulders to a flat, oval bezel. Traces of engraved decoration within an oval border are too worn to decipher. Now slightly distorted. Width of bezel 11mm. External diameter 23mm. Circa 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B67014
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Solid bi-convex head with integral shank on reverse. Diameter 9mm. Height 14mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-46FE86
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup strap mount. Pentagonal plate, broken across apex loop, small rounded knop at angle on either side, animal head terminals projecting beyond the base , two empty circular attachment holes above a right angle flange on the reverse. Cast decoration in low relief of uincertain form. Williams' (1997) Class A, uncertain type. Height 32mm. Width 25mm.
Created on: Friday 21st June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-274C44
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet cloisonné circular domed object, perhaps a scabbard-button, or mount or stud from an unidentified object. It consists of a circular sheet back-plate with an outer border on the upper face formed from a single piece of thick, neatly beaded wire, within which a gold sheet, the lower part vertical before curving inwards, forms the edge of the originally domed upper face. Originally twelve cells were formed within the encircling gold sheet. A central quatrefoil tube is divided internally into four cells by vertical gold partitions (one of wh…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'King's Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A64323
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 39 sestertii dupondii and asses, the latest legible specimen of which dates to the reign of Gordian III. Although the date range spreads over more than a century, they form a compact group and their wear patterns are consistent with coins lost or buried together, the earlier coins generally showing more wear than the later ones. These coins were all found in a relatively small area and undoubtedly represent a dispersed hoard. Catalogue Trajan, sestertius, reverse illegible, 98-117 (JO1) Trajan, dupondius, reverse illegible, 98-117 (MB1) Trajan, dupondius, revers…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scottow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-ED74C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Rectangular-sectioned band inscribed externally +JESVS : EST : AMOR : MEVS (Jesus is my love). There are tiny dots stamped in the internal angles of the initial cross and above and below the central bar of the letter E's. The letters E and U (V) are in Lombardic style while the rest of the inscription is in Roman capitals. The relatively modern letter J (rather than I) is also used. There are traces of black enamel or niello in some of the letters. Similar rings are known from the 13th and 14th century (Oman, 1974, pl.55E and F and pl.57A with bezels, and…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-415FD1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible key handle or unidentified object. Circular frame of irregular rounded-rectangular-section as if worn at some points, with two opposed external projections, one small and pointed, the other larger and rectangular. The rectangular projection may be broken and the break very worn. Perhaps part of an unusual Roman key handle. Length 33mm. Width 25mm. Maximum thickness (of rectangular projection) 5.5mm.
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C24773
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Recessed for the (missing) frame, slot for the (missing) pin, broken at the transverse fold. Rectangular with slightly concave sides and attachment edge, three rivet holes (one behind pin slot, two at attachment edge). Decorated with six closley spaced pointed quatrefoil flowers within a single line border and gilded. Measuring 25 x 18mm. 13th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C46A75
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end. Attachment end missing with ragged, ancient transverse break, very worn indistint decoration with worn animal head terminal on which no details survive. On the reverse is a large patch of silvery solder. Surviving length 20mm. Width 10mm. Late 8th - 10th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C4F923
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy buckle with integral plate. Oval frame, rectangular plate with hole for cast pin with downturned end and pair of median transverse grooves. The plate is slightly curved longitudinally with a central band of six closely spaced transverse grooves, with two rivet holes before a transverse break. One rivet hole is blocked by corrosion. The other contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. Length 25mm. Width of frame 13mm. Width of plate 9.5mm. See NMS-822DE5, which although extremely similar, does not join this fragment.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C2DC24
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end. Split end broken across one rivet hole, convex sides, with traces of decoration within a panel or two panels on the body, and very slight details of animal head terminal with ears. Very worn. Length 25mm. Width 8.5mm. Late 8th - 10th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C2C624
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end. Split end broken across two rivet holes, convex sides tapering to a point with no trace of animal head terminal. Decorated with a longitudinal line of 6 stamped dots, with two additional dots to each side. Very worn and distorted. Length 39mm. Width 11.5mm. Late 8th - 10th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 19th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C01ED7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roughly rectangular sandstone pebble, fairly flat on both faces, broken at one end, the long edges worn smooth from use as a whetstone. Surviving dimensions 135 x 82 x 34mm. Undateable, but unlikely to be prehistoric and probably Early Medieval, medieval or post-medieval.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-972E58
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of 23 coins, four silver brooches and two silver strap-ends. Coins: Twenty three silver pennies of Eadmund of East Anglia, covering most of the types known for this king. They were found close together and clearly represent a dispersed hoard. The lack of any later coins is compelling evidence for the deposition of this hoard being intimately connected to the invasion of the Danish Great Army into East Anglia in 869 and the succeeding murder of king Eadmund in the same year. 1) North 456, moneyer Baeghelm (fragment, weight 0.35g) 2) North 456, moneyer Bea[...], probably …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F2D1B2
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature silver sword. The blade is straight sided for most of its length before curving inwards to the point. The edges on both faces are bevelled. The rectangular hilt guard, handle and rectangular pommel are flat sectioned. There are two circular piercings, one through the hilt guard and one through the top of blade, probably for rivets rather than suspension. The sword is now slightly bent at the top of the blade. Similar miniature copper alloy and iron swords or daggers as votive objects are discussed by Bagnall Smith (2007). Roman, mid 1st - possibly 3rd century. Length 47.5…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E670B2
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
All the coins are a mixture of first and second century AD copper alloy denominations known as sestertii, dupondii and asses (1 sestertius = 2 dupondii and 1 dupondius = 2 asses).and are mostly worn in appearance. The first eleven coins were found in May 2010 and an addendum of six more in May 2013. These six, coming in after the original group had gone through the Treasure process, are marked with an asterisk in the catalogue. The group stretches from the late first century AD (a worn coin of the Emperor Domitian) to the late Severan dynasty (a sestertius of Severus Alexander of AD22…
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B54E54
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Neolithic projectile point or leaf shaped arrowhead constructed on a tertiary flake with minimal pressure flaking. Pale brown, unpatinated flint. Green (1980, 72, fig.29) type 4. Length 32mm. Width 20mm. Thickness 4.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMS-638554
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete early-medieval Carolingian-style silver mount or strap slide, with foliate decoration cast in low relief, partially gilded and inlaid with niello. The mount is sub-rectangular with one complete and two partial original edges surviving and a transverse break which is unworn but not very recent. The complete end of the plate is slightly thickened and surmounted by three leaf-shaped mouldings, the middle of which forms a trefoil. These rise from a sharp transverse recess, beyond which the sides of the plate are convex and the upper face rises to a transverse ar…
Created on: Friday 17th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B5BB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver circular disc, probably a bezel from a finger ring. The disc features a diademed head engraved in intaglio facing to the right. Encircling this is the retrograde and somewhat garbled legend ANTONI VIVAS IN DEO. Several of the letters are back-to-front but the meaning is relatively clear. The formula VIVAS IN DEO is a Christian one, the translation of this inscription being 'Antonius, may you live in God'. The fact that the letters are retrograde and engraved in intaglio would have made the bezel suited for use as a signet. Two strikingly similar silver bezels (both 10mm i…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C04A54
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy medieval or post-medieval buckle or unidentified object. Cruciform boss with short,slightly rounded arms each with a transverse groove, with four grooves forming a central square. Two of the arms terminate in finished edges, one in a short section of broken D-sectioned bar, the other at right angles to the bar, in a broken edge. Possibly a buckle or brooch with a lozengiform frame and bosses in each corner. Boss 11 x 11mm, 3.5mm thick. Width of bar 4mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-BFA911
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete probably Early Saxon tweezers, broken at the loop, one arm missing. Tapering in a smooth line from the inturned blade to the loop. The only decoration consists of a fine engraved line near each edge of the upper part of the arm. Width of blade 12mm. Width of loop 3mm. Length 60mm. Perhaps c. 450 - 600 AD.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B02395
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular frame with three evenly spaced rounded knops on outside edge. Bar narrowed and recessed for sheet pin. Cast tendril decoration in very low relief and very worn, along angled sides and outside edge, with slight traces of gilding. Measuring 25 x 30mm. 13th - 15th century. See Whitehead (2003, 27, no.141) for a broadly similar example.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B1C407
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Saxon cast disc brooch with a backward-looking beast within a raised border, originally segmented but now worn smooth. Any detail on the beast (eye, mane) have also been worn smooth. On the reverse are the remains of a catch-plate positioned directly behind the beast's rear end and set at right angles to the outside edge of the brooch. The perforated pin lug which retains corroded iron from the pin is set parallel with the opposite edge of the brooch. Diameter 23mm. Weight 4.4g. 10th - 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-B88926
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sword or dagger pommel of shortened, hollow 'scent-stopper' form (London Museum Medieval Catalogue, 1967, 43 and fig.9, no.11). Circular, with concave sides. The domed top is divided by six deep v-shaped notches radiating from the edge towards a central irregular hole for the (missing) tang, with six straight grooves defining the edge of each resulting foil. Diameter 36mm. Height 20mm. Similar to an example from Norfolk HER 35831 Tacolneston, Norfolk (Gurney, 2002, 161, fig.7D), and NMS-0C90A0 (Norfolk HER 56838). Second half of the 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0C90A0
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword or dagger pommel of the shortened hollow 'scent-stopper' form. Circular, with concave sides. The domed top is divided by six deep v-shaped notches radiating from the edge towards a central circular hole for the tang, with six straight grooves defining the edge of each resulting foil. Similar to an example from HER 35831 Tacolneston, Norfolk (Gurney, 2002, 161, fig.7D). Diameter 32mm. Height 17mm. c. 1450 - 1500.
Created on: Wednesday 14th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-054E34Z
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy hilt-plate from knife. Oval, with off-centre rectangular slot for the missing tang. Plate measuring 22 x 20mm. Slot 4 x 10mm.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th January 2015
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Record ID: NMS-20C7A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of headplate and bow of a gilt silver long brooch, probably a miniature square-headed. One lower corner of the headplate is extant. One rather indistinct stamped impression near the edge lies next to a pair of vertical grooves flanked by a ladder of transverse ribs in counter relief. Part of a central panel contains Style I animal ornament consisting of an eye and a limb. The stub of the bow is undecorated at the top, but pairs of longitudinal grooves on both sides of a low central rib begin just befor the break. There is an incomplete single pin lug on the reverse of the hea…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4A5A18
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy Winchester Style strap-end, Thomas's (2004) Class E, Type 1. Recessed attachment end with separate rectangular sheet on front edge secured by two rivets. Tongue-shaped plate with deeply cast decoration on the front face only consisting of a transverse rib before symmetrical stylised foliage in the form of loops and scrolls eminating from a central stem which projects slightly beyond the end of the plate forming a terminal knop. Length 58mm. Width 25mm. Late 9th - early 11th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-084F13
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy handle from unidentified implement. Sub-rectangular sectioned with bevelled corners, swelling from a double moulded collar at one end and a triple moulded collar at the other to an off-centre double-ribbed moulding. The handle is hollow with a rectangular aperture forming a slot through the collar at one end and a smaller rectangular aperture at the other to accommodate the tange of a missing, probably double-ended iron tool, although no trace of iron corrosion survives. Length 60mm. Maximum width 12 x 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AB3161
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic - Bronze Age tertiary flint blade. Hard hammer struck, with steep retouch on both lateral edges on the ventral face. Trapezoidal-section. Length 57mm. Width 32mm. Thickness 12mm.
Created on: Friday 12th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4B7F74
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy Roman bracelet. Two strands of wire twisted around each other, then flattened on the internal, upper and lower faces to give an almost square overall section. Broken at both ends, curved. Section 2 x 2mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-9D14F3
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval and Transitional copper glazed strap-handle weighing 126g. 1450 - 1550.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-603DC8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete part polished Neolithic axehead, broken at both ends, pointed oval in section, the surface and breaks patinated pale buff. Both breaks ancient. Surviving length 100mm. Surviving width 82mm. Surviving thickness 40mm. 4000 - 2351 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-49E7C8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle-plate or mount. Rectangular, broken at one end, with a rivet hole in each of the surviving corners. Decorated with an engraved zigzag line border and tinned or silvered on the upper face. Surviving length 20.5mm. Width 17mm. Probably 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4799D7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Lozengiform, the upper face cast in the form of multiple closely spaced circular bosses, creating a scalloped edge. Single rectangular-sectioned attachment spike on the reverse. Measuring 26 x 15mm. Length of spike 11mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-472DAE
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval crotal bell. Sub-rectangular suspension loop with drilled hole, narrow but prominent and well defined median rib, cast gadrooned or 'sunburst' decoration on the upper and lower half, round-ended slot at base. Half of the lower half and the pea are missing. Height 51mm. Diameter 41mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4651F4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Rectangular plate, slightly expanded before the hook, expanded 'fishtail' terminal with two rivet holes filled with iron corrosion. There is a third, copper alloy rivet near the hook. Traces of engraved decoration including a blind hole surrounded by concentric rings. Length 36mm. Maximum width 14mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-463E15
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Rectangular plate, slightly expanded before the hook, slightly expanded 'fishtail' terminal with two notches. Three rivet holes, two surrounded or blocked by iron corrosion, one with concentric rings on the upper face. Length 43.5mm. Maximum width 10mm. 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-31919C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy tailors ring. Slightly angled sides decorated externally with three lines of closely spaced blind holes. The upper edge is abraded. Diameter 20.5mm. Height 9mm.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D2F0DB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic ground or polished axehead made of course grained green micaceous schist, now highly abraded with only very small patches or the original surface surviving. Length 105mm. Width 64mm. Thickness 26mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-8C60F8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone pin, bodkin or toilet article, probably Roman, perhaps post-medieval. Sub-oval sectioned shaft, straight-sided before tapering smoothly for just under half its length to a broken tip. The head, which is crudely finished, is formed from (from the shaft up) a bi-conical moulding, a flanged moulding, a thinned sub-rectangular panel tapering at the upper end before a thicker sub-triangular or shield-shaped panel (point upwards), terminating in a large circular loop. There are file marks over much of the shaft and head. Length 151mm. Maximum width 12mm. Maximum thickness 7mm. Th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
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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
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Record ID: NMS-9A2C60
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and distorted silver thimble missing the separately soldered top and separated at the side seam. There is a border around the base consisting of an undecorated edge and a line of cabling above which a rectangular panel reserved on a field of closely spaced stamped annulets, which contains very faint traces of possible engraved initials, now illegible, and a stamped makers mark - I within a rectangle. Surviving height 13mm. Original diameter circa 16mm. Weight 2.5g. 17th century. This is perhaps the lower half of the top part of a thimble reported as 2011 T908 / NMS-9F7EB…
Created on: Wednesday 19th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wreningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D2C93E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of Late Bronze Age sword blade. Lenticular-section, parallel sided, the cutting edge completely missing. The breaks at either end are fairly granular, the joining break cleaner and granular but corroded. Surviving length 96mm. Width 38.5mm. Thickness 7mm. Circa 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-FA646F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy hinged Colchester Derivative (dolphin) brooch. Circular-sectioned wings open at either end with traces of iron corrosion from the axis bar, stub of broken pin protrudes from the slot, incomplete sub-rectangular sectioned bow, the foot missing. The brooch is worn and corroded with no trace of any decoration except for a curved groove on the upper face separating the start of the bow from the wings. Width 45mm. Surviving length 38mm. Circa 55 - 80 AD.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-FA2C05
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy probable buckle. Only the outside edge of the frame survives, expanding from the breaks towards a central rounded swelling in the centre. Surviving length 33mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-FA0A93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, with narrowed bar, transverse grooves on side and outside edge. Pin missing. Less than half survives. Measuring at least 27 x 22mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F9AF96
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy cast buckle frame. One corner only of flat-sectioned, rectangular frame with an engraved border and groups of transverse lines between on the upper face. Measuring at least 20 x 19mm. Similar to an example in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 98, fig.62, no.447). 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F98D5D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy cast buckle pin. Sub-circular-sectioned, tapering slightly to the blunt point, notched on the underside for the (missing) frame, with a transverse ridge on the upper face before the closed loop. Length 46mm. External diameter of loop 11mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F90C15
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy paper-clip rivet vessel repair. Measuring 22 x 14mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F8CA66
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval fragment of lead cloth seal. One incomplete disc with a merchant's mark, possibly IG, within a cabled border in low relief. Maximum diameter 18mm. 16th -17th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F8A57B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy cast foot from cauldron or cooking pot. Sub-rectangular in section at the break, concave on the reverse, expanding slightly to form the foot. Sooted. Width 40mm. Surviving length 23mm. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F871C7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy scabbard chape, now broken and distorted. Hollow-backed, the back-plate missing, with a rounded lower half with radiating grooves on the front face and a pellet-like projection in the centre of the lower edge. There is a single central circular hole and transverse rib before a ragged break across further openwork at the upper edge. There is a black, burnt deposit on the reverse. Similar to examples in de Reuck, 1991, 26. Late 15th - 16th century. Width circa 25mm.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F81FE6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Broken and distorted oval frame with narrowed, off-set bar, rectangular plate folded widthways, slot for (missing) pin, recessed for frame, with two rivet holes one of which retains a rivet. The front-plate is larger than the back-plate, with traces of gilding and an engraved rocker-arm border, the attachment edge damaged. Frame too distorted to measure, width of bar 16mm. Plate 13 x 15mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F7F242
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bell. Sheet-metal upper and lower halves with the edges turned out and soldered together to form a median rib, with a separately inserted rectangular strip forming the suspension loop and a round-ended slot cut in the base, now broken and distorted. The corroded iron pea is stuck to the inside. Height 40mm. Diameter 36mm. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E86A0A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy 'lyre-shaped' buckle or strap-end. Rectangular plate broken across a rectangular slot, with engraved transverse lines and a double transverse rib before the incomplete openwork terminal consisting of two large comma-shaped apertures with a small circular aperture between. The terminal is broken across the apertures. Length 43mm. Width (reconstructed) 34mm. Late 14th - early 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E811F5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame with a transverse ridge on the frame at either end of the narrowed bar. In the centre of each outside edge is a decorative feature, perhaps intended to be a flower, but so poorly cast it is now unidentifiable. Pin missing. Measuring 42 x 24mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E7F3C6
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy T-shaped suspension mount for horse harness pendant. Rectangular bar with two rivets on the reverse and a transverse median arris on the front, with two transversely pierced suspension loops extending from the centre of the lower edge holding the remains of the iron axis bar. Width 22mm. Length 19.5mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-E715F4
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 16th - 17th century copper alloy candlestick, broken across an integral rivet at one end, with complex baluster and disc-like mouldings and encircling grooves along the length before a second break. Socket and base missing. The fragment feels heavy for its size and has a grey appearance, suggesting a high lead content. Surviving length 71mm. Maximum diameter 24mm. Weight 107g.
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D3EE92
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age tertiary flake of unpatinated black flint, sub-triangular, hard hammer struck, with possible use wear or damage on one edge. Length 31mm, width 22mm, thickness 5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-D4A47A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age tertiary flake of unpatinated black flint, sub-triangular, struck from a multi platform core, with use wear or damage on both lateral edges. Length 46mm, width 37mm, thickness 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-1C838A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy sewing ring. Slightly angled sides with a thickened rim at the base and a plain border at the upper and lower edge with seven rows of stamped dotes between. Diameter 17mm. Height 13mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 9th October 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C74D44
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Broken across the base of the socket, flaring slightly for the slightly curved blade, the cutting edge damaged and missing. The breaks are all corroded and mostly worn, with the break on one side of the body appearing crisper and more recent than the rest. Width 45mm. Maximum thickness 11mm. Width at break 39mm. Surviving length 22mm. Weight 24.0g. 1000 - 701 BC.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-595A05
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button. Hollow, hemispherical head. Convex front soldered to flat back with undrilled wire loop soldered to the centre of the back-plate. Diameter of head 10mm. Height (unbent) 12mm. Weight 1.0g. c. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4BC706
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman spoon. Pear-shaped bowl of Crummy Type 2, A short section of flat-sectioned off-set handle only survives. Traces of tinning. Width of bowl 27mm. Length of bowl 49mm.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thompson', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F323B7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gros tournois of Louis IX of France which has been gilded and is now slightly distorted. The original coin will be of good silver, over 90% fine metal. Although there is no evidence of a means of attachment the fact that the coin was gilded shows that it was modified for use as an artefact, probably as a coin brooch, pendant or other form of jewellery. Gros tournois of the later 13th century French kings converted into jewellery in this way are now a well-recorded phenomenon as English finds from the decades around 1300. Date: This coin was introduced in 1266 and is likely to hav…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
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Record ID: NMS-98E733
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A pendant made from an imitation of a gold solidus of Maurice Tiberius (582-602), a suspension loop with three longitudinal ribs having been soldered to the edge of the coin immediately above the emperor's head. The coin description is as follows: Obverse: [...]AVRC TIb P P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, shield on left shoulder, spear over right Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGV, long cross on steps above globe, M-A/V_RI in fields Mintmark CONOB in exegue The piece is of uncertain origin but is almost certainly a garbled Western copy of originals struck in Constantinople. Obv…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1DEFA8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete silver signet ring with only a short length of the flat D-sectioned hoop extant. An inscription encircles round the sloping edge of the transversely set oval bezel and surrounds an antique oval carnelian intaglio engraved with the figure of Fides, standing and holding corn ears and a basket of fruit. A collar at the junction of hoop and bezel is stamped with ten tiny triangles, and the hoop is decorated with a transverse groove and a saltire between the arms of which are two single and two triplets of pellets. The inscription reads: + SIGNVO SFCRF TIC ELA The N is retrograd…
Created on: Wednesday 24th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langley with Hardley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-047EC3
Object type: SCISSORS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval scissors. Oval finger loop with off-set, rectangular-sectioned stem decorated with crosshatched panels and rabbets before expanding before a break. There is a possible iron rivet before the break, but iron corrosion covers most of the expanded end of the handle / start of the blade. Loop 23 x 20mm. Total surviving length (including loop) 63mm. Several very similar examples have been recorded, see NARC3254, NMS-52C987, SUR-852F37 and CORN-C6BF43. Probably late 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-037761
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell. Rectangular loop with fully rounded hole, two small holes in upper half, slight median rib, round ended slot in base and iron pea. The surface is extremely worn with traces or cast decoration in the form of radiating lines on the upper half and fish scales on the lower half. Height 37mm. Diameter 31mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-03200B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy belt mount in the form of an acorn with slightly convex front and slightly concave reverse, with two integral circular-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse, both bent inwards and one broken. Length 23mm. Width 12mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9FC88D
Object type: BURNT FLINT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Burnt flint, weighing 25.5g. Possibly late prehistoric or undated.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-DFA9CB
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Rectangular sheet cut to form a hook at one end. The corners at the attachment end were originally splayed but are now broken. Three rivet holes are arranged longitudinally each surrounded by an engraved or stamped ring. The surface is badly corroded and the sheet cracked. Length 55mm. Maximum surviving width 16.5mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-ADF3AA
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver hinge-plate from an unidentified object, probably a book fitting or furniture fitting, or possibly a dress fitting or strap fitting. The sheet is folded to form the looped end or barrel which retains the pin and four slots for the opposing plate. Three slots retain fragments of the opposing barrel broken before the (missing) plate. There are two empty rivet holes through the double thickness plate next to the barrel. The lower part of the folded plate is longer than the upper, rectangular part, and extends from beneath it, broken across four holes with no original…
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-620BD1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval fragment of silver, gilded finger ring, broken at both ends and now distorted almost straight. Flat-sectioned band decorated on the external face with a row of stamped pellets in a concave moulding with a shallow concave moulding to either side. The pellets appear to have been formed in pairs by a stamp, with a slight ridge caused by the edge of the stamp separating each pair of pellets. Plain internally. Width of band 5.5mm. Thickness 1mm. Length of surviving fragment (straightened) 26mm. Weight 1.19g. See Oman (1974, pl.56 G and 58 I) for a similar 15…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B24B0C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle and incomplete plate of thick sheet now broken across the start of the apertures separating the body and wings, folded widthways to form a short, rectangular back-plate, with a slot for the (missing) pin. Decoration comprises lines of very tight rocker-arm engraving resembling addorsed triangles. The frame is oval, with off-set, narrowed bar with exaggerated terminals and a notched li for the (missing) pin defined by a rib to either side. Frame 16.5 x 35mm. Plate at least 14 x 28mm. Several close parallels from Norfolk have been recorded: Barton Bendish…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B74F61
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Papal bulla of Boniface IX (1389 - 1404). A reasonably well-preserved bulla which despite having some corrosion of the lead surface, still has enough of the original patina preserved to show the reading very clearly. The obverse reads BONI/FATIUS/•PP•VIIII. The reverse is of the normal design with the figures of SS Paul and Peter in pelleted aureoles with SPA SPE above, although the corrosion is slightly worse than on the obverse. Neither side is preserved well enough to enable any die flaws to be observed. Weight 43.206g. Diameter 37.5. Obverse sealed at 2° to the re…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C7B040
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy blade, probably a Middle Bronze Age rapier. Shallow convex face on both sides with no original edge surviving. The edge of possible bevelling for the cutting edge is visible in places. Breaks old and corroded. Surviving length 42mm. Surviving width 17mm. Maximum thickness 4mm. Weight 12.9g.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CC35F7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified Object. Lead sheet with shallow bi-convex upper edge, folded twice and tapering slightly towards the now hidden terminal. Stamped or pecked decoration consists of four eight-pointed stars at the bi-convex end with one small circular hole at one edge, a pair of parallel lines of dashes at each edge between which two pairs of dashed lines form an X with an eight-pointed star in each angle. The edges are not regular and the decoration goes over the edge at one point. None of the internal face is visible. Maximum width 34mm. Length (folded) 26mm. Estimated unfolded length at …
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CBF7C5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy circular vessel foot, candle stick foot or possibly bell. Just over a quarter survives, with a flared base with a pair of shallow concentric grooves before the slightly thickened rim. The upper edge is broken. Diameter (reconstructed) 47mm. Surviving height 19mm. 14th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B8639D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy circular vessel foot, candle stick foot or similar object. Just under a quarter survives, with a flared base with thickened moulding before edge. The upper edge broken on a change in angle inwards. Diameter (reconstructed) 52mm. Height 35mm. 14th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CBDDE1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval or modern bell. Cast, with a high white metal content. Three joining fragments of the flared rim with at least three concentric ribs before the break. Original diameter circa 115mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CB9B51
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval lead pot mend. Sub-oval on both faces, gap for (missing) pottery circa 4mm thick. Measuring 29 x 22mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CB8069
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably post-medieval lace tag. Lozengiform sheet rolled to form a cone with overlapping seam, open at both ends. Length 31mm. Maximum width 7.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CB3337
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame with narrowed bar which projects slightly beyond the frame, pin missing, possible traces of black lacquer. The frame is now folded almost in half. Measuring 54 x 37mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C9C371
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame with narrowed bar, pin missing. Measuring 22 x 18mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C99AC0
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval or post-medieval copper alloy attachment studs, one retaining an incomplete handle, from furniture or chafing dish. Rectangular-sectioned loop handle with incurved sides and straight top, missing base, through separate transversely pierced attachment stud. One unattached transversely pierced, attachment stud. Studs 21 x 9 x 15mm and 23 x 9 x 15mm. Maximum surviving width of loop handle 52mm. See Margeson (1993, 80, fig.45, nos.489 and 490). Circa 1400 - 1600.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C960F2
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy ring. Irregular sub-rectangular-section. External diameter 27.5mm. Internal diameter 20.5mm. Thickness 3mm. Mid 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C946AA
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buton. Plano-convex head, integral loop, now broken. Diameter 11.5mm. Surviving height 13mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C92F4B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval button, copper alloy with high white metal content. Solid plano-convex head, separate inserted wire loop missing. Diameter 15mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C8EF0A
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell. Rectangular loop with cast hole, two holes in upper half, narrow but well defined median rib, round-ended slot in base. About a quarter of the lower half and the pea are missing. No decoration visible. Height 46mm. Diameter 34mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 14th August 2014
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