Record ID: NMS-F6E642
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete early Anglo-Saxon wrist-clasp of Hines’s Form B12. The bar has three square flat panels, each with a projecting perforated lug; the outer two are broken and incomplete. In between the panels are narrower sections, each decorated with three transverse grooves. The hook or catch is entirely missing. Length 35 mm, surviving width 15 mm. White-metal coating. Late 5th or 6th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-109097
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon incomplete wrist clasp, catch-piece comprising bar with rectangular plate at both ends, from which project the two broken ends of loop, fragments of two unusual rectangular-sectioned integral rivets on reverse for attachment to material, 15 x 26mm. Variant on Hines’s Form B2, late 5th or 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Flotman', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-546DD8
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eary Saxon copper alloy sleeve clasp eye-plate. Hines Form B20. Cast in one transversley curved plate, bar with three rectangular panels separated by two groups of irregular transverse grooves. The loop is missing, with fairly worn breaks at the edge of the bar. The rear of the bar is stepped before four undecorated conjoined knobs, with a circular piercing between the first and second and third and fourth knob. The rear edge is damaged. See Hines' (1993) 59, fig.111a and 65, fig.124c. 6th century. Length 35.5, Width 16mm.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-930565
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy sleeve clasp of Hines form B18c. Rectangular bar with five wide transverse grooves dividing it into six rectangular bosses five of which have three incised transverse lines and one which has two transverse lines. The rear edge is slightly recessed, and shaped to form three conjoined semi-circles divided from each other by circular piercings behind the bar and v-shaped notches along the rear edge. Each semi-circle is decorated with two pairs of lightly incised lines forming a chevron. There is a complete blunt hook on the reverse of the bar and traces of fabric…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binham', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-50BD37
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy sleeve clasp of Hines form B12. Just over half survives. Copper alloy bar, slightly curved transversely, with transverse grooves and three rectangular bosses slightly wider than the bar, two of which survive. Next to each boss is a n integrally cast pierced lug for attachment. Broken across the integrally cast loop. Surviving length 25mm. Original length (reconstructed) 34mm. Surviving width 15mm. Late 5th - 6th century. ES1.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-352C35
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilt wrist-clasp, cast zoomorphic decoration consisting of two opposed curving necks with transverse notches and beaked heads, Hines Form C1, short bordering band of beading between two broken pierced projecting lugs on rear edge, damaged hook, ancient breaks, measuring at least 21 x 33mm. Cf. examples from Colkirk (HER 41350), Framingham Earl (HER 31192), West Rudham (HER 32133) and Scole (HER 53857). 6th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morton on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-96AD87
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy bar from an early Anglo-Saxon sleeve-clasp. In the centre are two pairs of transverse grooves with a pair of semi-circular indentations ('notches') in between, together forming a square panel. Above and below this there are rectangular panels with bevelled edges, running to square panels at the terminals. Each of these has traces of transverse lines obscured by a corroded iron rivet. The plate is missing. 7 x 35mm. Although there is no close parallel in Hines's catalogue (1993), the size of the bar, and its division into five panels, closely conforms to the st…
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-311183
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon gusset plate made from copper alloy. Elongated triangle, slightly concave long sides with an external loop on each, base slightly bi-concave with one corner missing, broken across pierced projection at opposite corner. The main body of the plate is decorated with a central triangular panel stamped with ring and dots around the edge, within a plain triangle and a beaded border. The edge of the plate is formed by a plain border. Upwards-facing animal head terminal at top which has transverse grooves across the snout, and eyes formed from pellets within deep rounded holl…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-4CC600
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Transect 5/6. Undated fragment of slag with copper and iron corrosion on the surface.
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-C716D1
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of iron working slag. 24.5g. Probably post-medieval.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7A6853
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Sickle Blade. 64mm long . Curved fragment from a primary flake with blunting retouch on the convex edge and some retouch and serrations on the concave edge with traces of gloss. Possibly part of a composite sickle or used alone as a hand held tool. Incipient patination on the ventral face. Neolithic. A4.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6C7680
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age basal fragment of a bifacially worked sickle blade of plano-convex section. The pointed tip is recently broken transversely revealing unpatinated black flint. The extant part is patinated white with spotty iron staining with one small patch of weathered cortex on the dorsal face. Both faces are entirely covered with direct soft hammer percussion flakes overlain with invasive pressure flake scars. Cf. a similar sickle blade from Barton Bendish (NHER 13548). 75 x 28.5 x 8mm. c.3000 - c.1500.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-146893
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four lead balls. Diameter: 19, 13, 10 and 9mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-FCF465
Object type: SHIELD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Highly corroded disc head from iron rivet with silver sheet. Probably originally from a shield. For a similar example on a shield boss see Green, Rogerson and White (1987, 197, fig.294, Ci).Diameter 18mm. Thickness 5.5mm. Weight 2.68g. Early Saxon.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3924D6
Object type: SHACKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman iron shackle of Manning's (1985, 82-4, fig.23, no.7.) Type 7: comprising a bent curved broad C-sectioned bar (diameter 140mm, width 35mm) with loops or 'eyes' at both ends, one broken, the other holding a long curved ovoid loop. Measuring 70 x 163mm.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-725FA8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy seal matrix, flat with pierced lug on reverse. Pointed oval, 39 x 24mm. St Margaret of Antioch, under a church-like canopy, holding a cross-shaped staff and standing on a dragon. S’ PRIOR’ FRM PENIE Ih’V XPI LENIE (Seal of the Prior of the Brothers of Penitence of Jesus Christ of Lynn). There are contractions marks above M, IE, P and EN. The N’s are retrograde. The house of the Friars of the Sack or De Penitentia in Lynn had been founded by 1272(Emery 1943; 325) and was suppressed in or before 1307.
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kings Lynn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-63AB93
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete oval, concave-sided, hollow, composite silver seal matrix. The reverse is broken with a joining fragment with a separately cast and applied decorative trefoil sprig. The central setting (probably an intaglio) is missing. There is a separate ribbed loop at upper edge. The inscription reads * : FEMME : SANZ : LOYAVTE (Woman without loyalty). 13th-14th century. Measuring 22 x 20mm, empty bezel 14 x 12mm.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stratton Strawless', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8EE545
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seal matrix, hexagonally facetted conical handle with broken pierced terminal, much of edge missing. Oval, 19 x 15mm. Head of a stag with a cross paty between it’s antlers. ]DE IONIS’ DO[ (…of John ?).
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-474405
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat. Approximately quarter surviving with small fragment of outside edge. Circular, approximately 32 mm (reconstructed). Cross-crosslet between four radiating crosses (reconstructed). ][?G] · W[ (Seal of ?).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormesby St Margaret with Scatby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-476F72
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat with vertical median rib ending in short backward projecting lug at upper edge on reverse. Circular, 26 mm. Quatrefoil between four pellets. S’ WALTERI · PIGV (Seal of Walter Pig).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-47A370
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat with perforated lug projecting from top of outside edge. Circular, 25 mm. Fleur-de-lis. S’ GOSCEL’ FIL’ WILL’ · (Seal of Joselyn son of William).
Created on: Monday 7th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-988734
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, hexagonally faceted conical handle with pierced pointed terminal. Circular, 14 mm. Head of John the Baptist lying horizontally on a platter. * PRIVE SV (I am private). The inscription starts above the top of the head.
Created on: Friday 11th June 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Breckland, Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8E7FC3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Lead seal matrix, flat, transverse pierced lug at upper edge on reverse decorated with central dot and dots between three concentric circles in relief. Circular, 30 mm. Octofoil. + S’ ROBERTI RIGEVARE (Seal of Robert Rigevare). The spelling of the surname may be a corruption of “Ridgeway”. It may be a version of Ridware, a Staffordshire place name. 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Winch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E61BF2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Seal matrix, hexagonally facetted conical handle with pierced collared terminal. Circular, 20 mm. Ih·C below gable from which projects the initial cross (with very slight upper arm) in the inscription. + PRIVE SV ICI (Here, I am private). There is an incised trefoil as filler at the end of the inscription.
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Merton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F94864
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval fragment of lead seal matrix, flat. Less than half surviving with pierced lug projecting from top. Circular, approximately 25-6 mm (reconstructed). Unidentified central motif. + S’[………]P (Seal of ?).
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2004
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Barningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6FDE12
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval / early post-medieval seal matrix, hexagonally facetted handle with pointed pierced terminal circular, diameter 8mm. Very abraded. Possibly a crowned I with branch to either side. 15th – 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Stratton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-84A972
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat, pointed oval, 37mm x 24mm with (squashed) pierced lug on reverse at top of median rib flanked by stylised plant ornament in relief. Fleur-de-lis. S·SARE·HODE·CROT (Seal of Sara Hode “the clod”). Hode, or Hood, is a common surname ‘meaning maker of hoods’ (Reaney 1991, 234). Crot, which also appears as a surname Crote or Croot, is a nickname from the Middle English crut ‘lump or clod’ (ibid. 118). Thirteenth century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FEA645
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Seal matrix copper alloy, flat with cast pin from buckle soldered onto reverse to act as median rib ending in pierced lug, traces of solder visible. Pointed oval, 39 x 25 mm. Two lions addorsed reguardant. + SIGILL’ ROBTI · DE BOTEMT’ (Seal of Robert Butement/Bootman. From Le Boutimont (Pas-de-Calais), or Boutement (Calvados), Reaney and Wilson 1991, 76).
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F3CCB7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with median rib and pierced lug on reverse. Pointed oval, 44 x 27.5mm. Thickness 3mm (at lug 9mm). Weight 19.28g. Bishop facing left and holding a crozier, with a star above a fleur-de-lis in front and a sprig behind. The lug is considerably worn. + S' OFFICIALITATIS : HERFORDENSIS The literal translation is "Seal of the Herefordian Officiality" The Official (Officialis) was a legal officer of the Bishop, and his office was called the Officiality (Officialitas). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-D4B666
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, flat with median rib ending in broken pierced lug on the reverse. Oval, (slightly more than) 18 x 16.5mm, in poor condition, with a small amount missing from the perimeter. An eagle displayed. FRANGE LEGE TEGE (Break, read, conceal).14th century.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5DE0D7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, flat with broken loop projecting from the upper edge, outer edge chamfered on reverse. Circular, diameter 24mm. Septfoil. + SIGIL' SEGALLI (Seal of ?Segar or ?Sewall, perhaps a variant or muddled version of either, see Reaney, P.H., and Wilson, R.M. 1991 A Dictionary of English Surnames (London), pp. 389 and 401).
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton with Dagworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7BA57C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally faceted handle with ribbed collar before pierced quatrefoil terminating in a circular suspension loop pierced in the same plane. Circular, stag's head with a cross between the antlers, foliate sprigs and r b in black letter to either side, all within a cabled border. The stag and cross may relate to St Hubert or St Eustace. Diameter 14mm. Height 27mm. Weight 7.7g. Probably late medieval or early post-medieval, 1400 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 10th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mundham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9B905B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonally faceted handle with triple ribbed collar and globular terminal pierced for suspension. Maker's marks stamped twice on the reverse, both worn but probably BC or BG with a pellet above and below within an oval. There is a well-defined line of differential patination inset from but following the edge of the reverse which goes through both marks. Incised bell with canons, vertical ribs on the crown, a band of dots and transverse ribs on the body, the clapper protruding below the rim, with an inner single line and outer beaded border. Octagonal…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-590E51
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix. Oval (11 x 14mm), fleur-de-lis within a single line border, conical handle broken across openwork trefoil terminal. Surviving height 13mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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-251545
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete lead seal matrix, flat, slightly more than half surviving, relief fleur-de-lis with the longitudinal rib ending in a broken perforated lug at its base. Pointed oval, 21.5 x 19.5mm. Fleur-de-lis. [the initial mark comprises a vertical stroke with three cross-bars] S' hVG[.........]DONE (Seal of Hugh ?). The N is retrograde. 13th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4F6121
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix: hexagonally faceted handle with a triple-collared quatrefoil terminal with four blind holes on one face (the quatrefoil may have been intended as openwork but is unfinished), surmounted by a small perforated circular lobe forming a suspension loop. There are three incised lines forming a six-pointed star at the upper edge to indicate orientation. The circular bezel (diam.28mm) carries a shield bearing Three flasks (or costrels), with two foliate sprigs above forming the initial mark and others used as spacers within the remains of a worn and damaged …
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-4BE5B6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Oval silver seal matrix. Rectangular-sectioned handle broken above transverse expansion, terminal missing. Damaged outside edge. A griffin segreant within a beaded border. Dimensions: Matrix 16 x 14 mm. Weight 4.19g. Date: 17th–18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C63355
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy seal matrix. Oval, with a conical handle terminating in an openwork trefoil with an additional central hole. The matrix depicts a bird sitting on a branch within a single line border. Face 13 x 11mm. Height 27mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-DFA0E5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver seal matrix, flat with cuboid boss and pierced lug on end of median rib on reverse. Pointed oval, 22.5 x 13.5mm. Weighing 3.38g. Hawking lure in the form of a bird with featureless head and loop and line near neck. + SIGILVM SECRETI · (Secret seal). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sustead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3AB323
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver seal matrix. Hexagonally facetted conical handle, now bent, collard before broken openwork trefoil terminal. Oval, 14 x 16mm. Lamb and flag (Agnus Dei), lamb statant sinister. c. 1650 - 1700. 14 x 16mm. Weighing 4.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7712C1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late post-medieval oval silver seal matrix. Faceted conical reverse with central collared openwork handle, broken accross openwork. There is a stamped 'V' on one side of the handle, probably a maker's mark. 20 x 17mm. Surviving height 22mm. A shield within a ribbed border. Blazon: A saltire charged with a mullet on a canton a lion passant guardant impaling on a fess two fleurs-de-lis between two fleurs-de-lis in chief and two in base. 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 29th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-A4C401
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy seal box. Oval, pointed at both ends. Lid decorated with raised central ring and dot surrounded by eight smaller raised rings on a blue enamel field, remains of red enamel between central dot and ring, orange enamel fills one of the outer rings. Broken pierced lug above hinge, lug to locate lid at opposite end to hinge has indent at top and slight projection at bottom, corresponding lug in box base is pierced. Four circular holes in base of box, channel for string on either side. The hinge has been bent so the two halves of the box no longer line up when closed. Measuring…
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-834325
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late palaeolithic double-ended scraper. Segment of a large blade with a single crest in a chocolate brown stained flint. Both ends appear to have been steeply retouched to give a double ended scraper but both have suffered ancient damage. The distal edge has small neat retouch scars at both ends but the central part of the edge has two larger scars with evidence of crushing on the ventral side. The proximal end appears to have been damaged by the loss of a large chip and shows slight evidence of crushing on the ventral edge. The find spot is near one of the head ways of the River Wens…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-48CC81
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight Neolithic to Bronze Age flint scrapers (end, side, convex and concave).
Created on: Tuesday 28th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2013
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Record ID: NMS-6D5203
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic - Early Bronze Age flint scraper on a tertiary flake with a double bulb of persussion, and steep retuouch around two thirds of the edge. Length 36mm. Width 41mm. Thickness 14mm. 3000 BC - 1501 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-D5AFB6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Early Bronze Age side scraper in mottled grey flint on a secondary flake. Length 55mm. Width 40mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: NMS-D5BAB4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Early Bronze Age scraper in on a primary flake with retouch on over 60% of the edge. Worn. Length 38mm. Width 30mm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
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Record ID: NMS-A4F5E1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint scraper constructed on a tertairy flake. Mottled grey flint. Broken longitudoally, about half missing. Length 41mm. Surviving width 29mm. Thickness 9mm.
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th April 2013
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Record ID: NMS-B59245
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic flint scraper. Extensivley worked, small patch of cortex remains on one side, steep retouch, two bulbs of percussion present on platform.Length 39mm. Width 43mm. Thickness 17mm.
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Postwick with Witton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-F1E5D5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age secondary soft hammer struck small side scraper (sometimes referred to as a thumbnail scraper) of unpatinated dark brown flint with fine steep retouch to distal, proximal and one lateral edge. 26.5 x 16 x 3 mm.
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-9FB5E6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age flint scraper, formed on a secondary flake, with irregular, steep retouch around circa half the edge. Length 38mm. Width 29mm. Thickness 7mm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D02D28
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Early Neolithic, or earlier, flint scraper patinated white all over, hard hammer struck, tertiary, with steep retouch to the distal end and both edges. Measuring 54 x 54 x 14mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-D036A0
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic flint scraper, tertiary flake, steep retouch to distal end and both edges, mottled grey patination. Measuring 75 x 60 x 10mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMS-D3FE88
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age elongated end scraper made from a hard hammer struck secondary flake with steep retouch to the distal end and both lateral edges to form a slight constriction. The bulbar face has been invasively flaked to "straighten out" this side in relation to the scraping edge; this could be related to hafting of this implement although most scrapers where hand held. 60 x 34 x 12 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-FD8395
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint tertiary scraperwith steep retouch on about half of the edge. Pale grey / brown flint. Length 32mm. Width 27mm. Thickness 6mm.
Created on: Friday 10th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-7A8AA1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scraper. Rounded end scraper on small tertiary flake with a diagonal break at the left distal edge. Length 38mm. Width 32mm. Probably Neolithic. A9.
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-704C8F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age scraper; tertiary, semi-hard hammer struck and of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch to the distal end and sides forming the scraping edge. 36 x 33.5 x 7 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-705767
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age scraper, steeply retouched from a "pot lid" or thermally fractured piece of unpatinated grey flint with cortex extant to the dorsal face. 43 x 36 x 14 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9F5614
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age flint scraper, hard hammer struck secondary flake of unpatinated mottled grey flint, with steep to semi-invasive retouch forming the scraping edge on one side. Measuring 43 x 34 x 17mm.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1EEFB7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age hard hammer struck secondary "thumbnail" scraper of unpatinated grey flint with invasive and steep retouch to the dorsal face, this appears to have pressure flaked to shape. 25 x 25.5 x 8 mm. Finder's no. 7.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-EFFCA1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic flint scraper made from a secondary hard hammer struck flake with steep retouch to the distal end. Unpatinated mottled grey and brown flint. Measuring 53 x 48 x 14mm.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A8D596
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary hard hammer struck steeply retouched flake with orange patination mottled black and grey flint. Probably Early Neolithic. Measuring 44 x 48 x 14mm.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A6132B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck "thumbnail" scraper, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch to all edges. 37 x 29 x 11.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A63E1B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck scraper, of unpatinated mottled grey flint with steep retouch forming the scraping edge. 46 x 41 x 13 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6FF341
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval scabbard chape. One end (width 8mm) is now curved. From this the sides diverge so that 15mm from the end the width reaches 19mm, at which point only the edges continue as arms (both now broken). Between then the end is cusped and on both faces a round depression shows that the object was unfinished, and that a round grooved aperture, familiar at the attachment edges of 14th-century strap-ends, was intended. A very similar fragment, finished and decorated with rocker-arm engraving, was found at HER 29310 in 1992.
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Stratton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-024B96
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape. Bi-concave upper edge on the front and back face, the resulting exaggerated central projection broken. Tapering to a blunt terminal, with a shallow transverse rib on one face and a transverse groove across the base. Both faces are decorated with ring-and-dot, five on one face and six on the other. The chape is filled with corroded iron which has forced a split in the side. Surviving length 33mm. Width 20mm. Similar to 12th century examples in de Reuck (1991, 3, 6 and 9).
Created on: Thursday 4th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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Record ID: NMS-01A88B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy openwork scabbard chape. Tongue-shaped, hollow-backed, with central trefoil projection at the upper edge and (from the base up) two circular, two rectangular and two circular apertures. Small rounded projection at the lower edge. Back-plate missing. Traces of white-metal coating or possibly solder around the edge. Length 49mm. Width 22mm. See de Reuck (1991, 27 no. 3, 6 - 9 and 11 - 4 and 18). Circa 1485 - 1600.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-01D31D
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy chape. Plain sheet, with overlapping soldered seam, cut into three points which are crimped together to form the narrow end. Single rivet or attachment hole at the upper edge. Triangular-sectioned and not apparently distorted, therefore possibly for a knife sheath. Length 41mm. Upper end 13 x 10mm.
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-127486
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy scabbard chape. Sheet with soldered seam, tapering from wider upper end towards missing tip, two notches at upper front edge, rear edge damaged. Possible fragment of preserved leather visible through broken narrow end. Surviving length 41 x 18mm. 15th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-5B3A1C
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy scabbard chape. Upper edge shaped to form pointed projections above multiple circular piercings, transverse rib and slot terminating in a trefoil aperture. Down-turned sides with traces of solder from missing back-plate. Terminating in a pellet. Length 46mm. Width 30.5mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-4F4CB3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork scabbard chape. Tongue-shaped, Short rounded projection at terminal, inturned sides, reverse missing. Decoration consisting of three trefoil knops forming the upper edge with two rows of six blind holes below, two trefoil apertures above three longitudinal apertures above a third trefoil aperture. Length 61mm. Width 35mm. Cf. de Reuk (1991), 28, no.1. 1485 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2013
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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-5CD591
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval or post-medieval sub-triangular copper alloy scabbard chape. Hollow backed, back-plate missing. Upper edge missing, broken across two openwork apertures the lower of which may be heart-shaped, tapering to a small rounded terminal knop. Surviving length 34mm. Width (reconstructed) 24mm. Late 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4209A2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval copper alloy scabbard chape. Notched and curved upper edge, straight sides before expanded and curved lower half with trefoil aperture and radiating grooves. Pellet terminal. Incomplete sheet back-plate with small circular punched impressions. Length 43mm. Width 32mm. See DeReuck (1991, 26, no. 14). Circa 1485 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 18th December 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-C597E3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy scabbard chape. Convex fronted chape, the upper edge missing, with a prominant median rib to either side of which is an openwork slot with a ciircular aperture above and below. The sides taper smoothly to a rounded knop at the end of the rib. Reverse missing. Length 45mm. Width 22mm. See de Reuck (1991, 27, NOS.7 - 14 and 18 0 19. 1485 0 1600.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-27A6E4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval chape, probably from a knife scabbard. Thin silver sheet forming triangular chape with folded tab at end. Single central piercing at surviving edge. Now incomplete and in three pieces with further cracks. Undecorated. Circa 14th - 16th century. Length 17mm. Maximum width 11mm. Thickness 3mm. Weight 0.74g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-EEF020
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hollow pyramid mount, probably from a scabbard, set with slightly damaged square garnet on flat top. No evidence for the garnet being set on foil can be seen. The surface is rough and abraded. Two opposing faces are decorated with a groove around the edge within which are a pair of possible Style I legs, the toes facing towards each other. The third face is decorated with a grooved border around an arch, the ends of which are scrolled outward to form an omega shape. The fourth face is the most worn and may be another arch with scrolled ends or a trefoil knot (triquetra), again …
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Happisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A61494
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pyramid mount from sword, square base with flattened corners caused by triangular settings at the base of each corner with beaded wire on two sides, two of which contain garnets. Square setting for (missing) stone at apex. Hollow with two semicircular holes ( 7 x 3.5mm and 7.5 x 3.5mm) in base divided by a bar 2.5mm wide and c. 1.5mm thick. Constructed from two pieces of metal, one for the base and another for the sides. The join between the two edges of the sides can be seen on one face. Base 9.5 x 10mm, height 13mm, weight 5.08g. Early Saxon, late 6th - early 7th century
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-391024
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy spur fragment. Oval-sectioned bar broken either side of the neck, with a shallow groove following the upper external edge, which is pointed above the neck. The down-tured neck consists of a globular moulding and double grooves before the incomplete rowel box which is broken before the attachment for the (missing) rowel. Surviving wdth 46mm. Surviving length of rowel box 11mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blyford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E14B51
Object type: ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic adze rough-out made from a thermally fractured (or "pot lid" fracture) piece of lightly patinated mottled grey flint broken from a larger nodule, two small unretouched areas remain on the ventral face and two small patches of weathered cortex remains on the dorsal face. Both faces are crudely hard hammer struck with some flake scars terminating in hinges. It is unlikely this piece was finished and it appears it was abandoned before completion. 120 x 44 x 25 mm.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8D6C56
Object type: ROTARY QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Upper part of a beehive rotary quern in coarse grained sandstone. Sub-circular, with wide off-centre hopper tapering slightly towards the base, circular handle-slot in side which penetrates through to the hopper. On the upper edge there is a wedge-shaped groove with a u-shaped profile, 40mm long and 20mm wide at maximum. Diameter at base 240 - 255mm. Height 145mm. Behive querns were in use over a long period and are not very closely dateable. They are known from Iron Age and Roman contexts.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brinton', grid reference and parish protected.

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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-571693
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post-medieval copper alloy ring, flat irregular section, traces of file marks, 1 – 2.5mm thick, 2.5 – 3mm wide, external diameter 32 – 34mm.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-08F928
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy cast ring. Irregular hexagonal sectioned with internal and external casting flash and opposed external casting scars from connection to other rings in the mould. Worn smooth on internal surface at one point. External diameter 26mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Thickness 3mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rougham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-18BEC7
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy ring. Flat- or oval-sectioned, very worn, with narrower areas due to wear. Maximum external diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 14mm. Thickness 3mm.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2013
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Record ID: NMS-0527F5
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five medieval or post-medieval copper alloy rings with irregular faceted sections. One with file marks on all sides. External diameters 24 - 26mm. Thickness 2 - 3.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-068E31
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval or post-medieval copper alloy rings. Flat-sectioned, one with the edges bevelled in places. External diameter 33mm. Internal diameter 27mm. Thickness 2mm. External diameter 32mm. Internal diameter 23mm. Thickness 1.5mm. These may have been used with drapes or curtains. Occurring in London contexts of c.1350 - c.1450 (Egan 1998, 62-4) they were probably current for some time after (Egan 2005, 70)
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-1AABF0
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated oval-sectioned copper alloy ring. External diameter 27mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Thickness 3.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
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Record ID: NMS-1CEE52
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy ring. Flat-section with slight internal casting flange. External diameter 28mm. Internal diameter 22mm. Thickness 2mm.14th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
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Record ID: NMS-2EEE87
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring. Irregular faceted section. External diameter 25mm. Internall diameter 20mm.14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2012
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Record ID: NMS-D6C0F5
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy ring. Slightly irregular D-shaped section. Internal diameter 8mm. External diameter 13mm. Thickness 3mm. A1.
Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
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Record ID: NMS-127F96
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy flat-sectioned ring, now slightly distorted. Original internal diameter c. 17mm. Original external diameter c. 23mm. Thickness 1.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-B64C74
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Undated gold ring. Slightly irregular section, D-shaped externally with a median arris internally. The internal surface is irregular and not well finished / smoothed in some areas. Date: Undated. Dimensions: Internal diameter 16 - 17mm. External diameter 22 - 22.5mm. Width of band 4 - 4.5mm. Thickness of band 2.5 - 3mm. Weight 6.7g. Discussion: The lack of diagnostic features make this ring difficult to date. The irregular section of the band would be unusual for a post-medieval finger ring, the form and plainness would be unusual for a ring of Roman to Medieval dat…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-4A36B0
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring. Slightly irregular oval-section, bevelled in places. External diameter 32mm. Internal diameter 25mm. Thickness 2mm. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.