Record ID: NMS-18AEC3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Mount or inlay. Fragment of flat-sectioned silver strip, parallel sided, broken at one end, the other end an angled concave edge with the corners broken. The upper face decorated with a flower and leaves on a field keyed for niello, much of which survives. There is a narrow, plain border around the edge without niello. On the reverse are discoloured patches probably the result of solder, with no other visible means of attachment. Surviving dimensions 21 x 12 x 1mm. Weight 1.1g. The size of the fragment has made finding parallels difficult and consequently a broad date range of 15…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5BF55E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
'Handaxe' Dimensions 102 x 62 x 56mm. In blackish flint and of roughly plano-convex section, this biface can be considered as having a rounded butt end and an opposed pointed end, It has a small area of thin weathered cortex on the narrow crest but is otherwise flaked overall. With the pointed end away from the observer, the right side face is formed by two large flake removals and two smaller, the left face by one large removal and several smaller ones. The 'base' has a number of smaller removals and a line of battering along its length The condition is rolled except for the po…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-57C431
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mesolithic soft hammer struck tertiary blade of orange patinated semi-translucent flint with fine use wear to both lateral edges. Perhaps used as a small hand held trimming knife for light cutting tasks. 32 x 15 x 2.5 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-57B529
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic oblique arrowhead made from a hard hammer struck tertiary flake of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch taken from the ventral face along one lateral edge and the base; the other edge is lightly retouched towards the tip to straighten up the profile. 31.5 x 15 x 4.5 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-577F80
Object type: PICK
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic chisel or pick-like implement of unpatinated mottled grey flint with some small areas of spotty iron staining. The piece is an elongated thin butted form with an ovoid cutting edge with no trace of grinding or polishing, all flake scars are hard hammer struck. A very unusual implement in very good condition.188 x 37 x 23 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-AF3139
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Bronze Age copper alloy ring. Circular-sectioned, narrowing slightly at one point perhaps through wear. Irregular corrosion, with a grey sheen from a high white metal content on the patinated areas. External diameter 41.5mm. Internal diameter 39.5mm. Diameter of section 6 - 8mm. 1000 - 701BC.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-45FA09
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon or modern copper alloy chain and pendant or spangle. Cruciform pendant created by cutting a triangular notch in the centre of each edge of a rectangular sheet with rounded corners, slightly domed, with a repoussé dot in the centre and in each arm of the cross. One arm is pierced near the edge for an S-shaped wire link attached to a register chain of eleven wire links. Pendant 21 x 21.5mm. Total length of chain including S link 171mm. Single link 17 x 9mm. The surface is a pale yellow brassy colour with no green patination, and only a trace of possible corrosion p…
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-CA73D5
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver composite dress hook. Lozengiform back-plate supporting a larger lozengiform frame with a large plain knop at each corner and three ribbed knops on each side, with a stepped border around the central lozengiform aperture. A separate complex openwork quatrefoil, each foil consisting of crosshatched lobe flanked by tendrils perhaps representing thistles, is secured to the back-plate by a dome-headed butterfly-clip. A rectangular-sectioned attachment loop is soldered to the reverse of the frame and a sharp hook, now slightly bent, is soldered to the frame and back-pl…
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C8AA6F
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T575. A dispersed hoard of sterlings, probably disturbed during clearing of a drainage ditch and scattered in the surrounding area. The coins, all in relatively crisp condition, close with a few class 4b sterlings dating to the early 1280s and suggest a date of loss or deposition at some point in the early 1280s, probably around 1282 or 1283. Over half are London issues. ENGLISH ISSUES OF EDWARD I LONDON (154) Class North no. Date Weight (g) Total 1c 1012 …
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddiscoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A0DE44
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified and undated fragment of silver, gilded object. Curved, concave on both wide faces, narrowing slightly from one end towards the other, the outer edge knurled (multiple closely spaced transverse ribs) between narrow raised borders at either edge, the inner edge slightly convex and plain. Broken at both ends, one break extending around to the inner edge slightly leaving the possibility that there was an internal projection. Thickness 3mm. Width 7 - 9.5mm. Weight 2.5g. Surviving length 22mm. If the outside edge continues to form a circle the original diameter would be circa 3…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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