Record ID: NMS-3DC82C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonal, a standing bird facing right holding a foliate sprig in its beak within a single line border, the faceted reverse tapering smoothly to a break across the narrow stem. Face 13 x 15mm. Surviving height 10.5mm. Weight 4.6g. 17th - early 18th century.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-AA5684
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver, gilded ball-headed pin. Hollow head, the probable join between the upper and lower haves concealed by a median wire rib, decorated above and below with five wire annulets around a central annulet, the upper of which contains a pellet, the lower the springing of the broken, circular-sectioned pin. The head is gilded, with no trace of additional missing pellets. Head height 10mm. Diameter 11mm. Diameter of shank 2.5mm. Weight 2.09g. Circa 16th century.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2AC853
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver bodkin. Distorted ear-scoop, notched oval piercing, collar, rectangular-sectioned body engraved with foliate design before break across top of rectangular slot. Surviving length 30mm. Body 2.5 x 5mm. Width of scoop 8mm. Weight 2.2g. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swineshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A8C26
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Later Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1, Trewhiddle style. Very large, slightly convex-sided strap-end with three silver rivets at the split attachment end, a central rectangular panel decorated with silver sheet depicting complex interlaced beasts with at least six heads visible, with further silver sheet over the circular ears and over the forehead of the animal head terminal. The animal head has oval eyes, one of which retains of probable glass pellet, and a short, blunt snout with engraved nostrils. The split end is filled with corrosion and on the reve…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Pickenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2A1F33
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness fitting or possible chape. Triangular lower half, semi-circular in section with a fully rounded discoidal terminal at the point. From the upper, straight edge a thinner slightly domed sectioned projects decorated with transverse lines connected by off-set longitudinal lines imitating a brickwork pattern, with a rounded end, and a large central hole for a (missing) rivet. Substantial traces of gilding survive over the whole front face and discoidal terminal. Length 48.5mm. Maximum surviving width 21mm. Maximum thickness 10mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-293A9A
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 5. Split end broken across one of the two pierced attachment lobes, with a semi-circular field below. The edges are scalloped (four on each side) either side of a central rectangular panel, below which is the animal head terminal. The semi-circular field contains a chevron and triangle in low relief probably originally reserved on a niello field, now missing. In the centre of the rectangular panel is a niello field with scrolls of silver wire inlay. The animal head terminal has circular ears, lentoid eyes with a cent…
Created on: Tuesday 30th December 2014
Last updated: Saturday 23rd February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-193AA1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring. Bezel, in the form of an oval setting within an octagonal, faceted collet, flat on the reverse, with the stubs of the broken hoop on each long edge. The setting is empty and gilding survives over most of the surface including the reverse. Measuring 15 x 12mm (excluding stubs of band), height 5.5mm. Weight 1.8g. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-170DA7
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Circular, with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows in low relief reserved on a stippled field, the down-turned flange missing, with a separate loop soldered to the reverse. Diameter 12mm. Weight 0.49g. For a similar example see NMS-1FA1B6. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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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-DE2864
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver finger ring, broken and flattened but complete. Shallow D-sectioned hoop expanding to form rosettes or a foliate motif in low relief either side of a rectangular bezel on which a heart bisected by two arrows is reserved on a stippled field. The decoration on the shoulders is very worn. Width of bezel 5.25mm. Weight 1.2g. Although no record of a similar finger ring has been found, a heart and arrows on a stippled ground is well paralleled on later 17th century cuff-links, although the heart is usually flaming. Probably late 17th or 18th century. Field BUR
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DB43C1
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver hooked tag, Read (2008) Class A, Type 2 / Lewis and Naylor (2013) A3.ciii. Octofoil plate with three attachment holes, one in each of the upper three foils, with a short, sharp hook springing from the lower foil. The surface is engraved and inlaid with niello to form a cruciform motif formed from four arches or C-shapes with two connecting transverse lines between each arm, leaving a central cruciform field or cell. Very similar to SF-1EFD68 and 2004T372 (Read, 2008, 17, nos.74 and 75).
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NMS-DAA7DB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Late Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end of Thomas' Class A, Type 1 with Trewhiddle-style decoration. Only the middle section survives, broken across the decorative field at both ends; the attachment end and terminal are both missing. The sides are convex and have a double-ribbed border; the outer rib is decorated with angled transverse grooves while the inner rib is plain. The central field is decorated in low relief with a sinuous, backward-looking beast among looping interlace, one strand of which pierces the beast's body. The creature's body fills the middle of the survivin…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bressingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D9DA56
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of post-medieval silver thimble, perhaps half surviving. Separately soldered top missing, thickened rib around lower edge with a border above which is plain except for at least two engraved letters ]...[ P, broken across the first making it indecipherable. The sides are decorated with a zigzag reserved on a field of punched dots forming a waffle pattern, with a plain border above. The sheet is splitting and broken along the engraved lines defining the zigzag. Surviving height 23mm. Diameter (if half survives undistorted) circa 18mm. Weight 3.0g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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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
Spatial data recorded.