Record ID: NMS-CE7CC5
Object type: MILLSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Described from a photograph. Probably medieval incomplete lavastone millstone, about half surviving. Broken across a central rectangular hole, with a smaller rectangular hole or deep indentation next to it, the visible surface covered with multiple irregular radiating, curving grooves. A 30cm ruler used as a scale in the photograph indicates the stone's surviving measurements are circa 350 x 580mm.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-CE5734
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age tertiary flint flake with three shallow retouched notches. Length 37mm. Width 55.5mm. Thickness 11mm.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
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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-D6F3E5
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of probably late medieval or post-medieval silver ferrule or unidentified object. Between a quarter and a third of the original ring surviving, now slightly distorted. The internal surface is flat, undecorated and unmarked, the external surface decorated with longitudinal grooves and alternating narrow and wide ribs either side of an off-centre grooved rib. The decoration is not quite symmetrical, with an additional narrow rib before the edge on one side only, and although both edges are straight and abraded the edge opposite the additional rib is slightly more granular and m…
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D6A1E6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scottow addenda, Norfolk, 52 copper alloy Roman coins (aes sestertii and where noted lower denominations of dupondii and asses; dp and as) additional to 2012 T217. Summary: Trajan AD 98-117, 4 (dp/as); Hadrian AD117-38, 2 (dp); Antoninus Pius AD 138-61, 1; Diva Faustina I, 2; Marcus Aurelius AD 161-80, 10 (9 x sest, 1 x dp); Faustina II, 1; Commodus AD 180-92, 1; Uncertain Antonine, 2 (1 x sest, 1 x dp); Uncertain Antonine empress, 1; Caracalla, AD 211-7, 1 (irregular cast copy of an as); Gordian III AD 238-44, 1 (as); Philip I AD 244-9, 2 (asses); illegible, 24 (15 x sest…
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scottow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D62DA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver, gilded brooch with open lozengiform frame. Flat on the reverse, slightly convex on the upper face with two half-round 'brambled' (stamped with closely spaced annulets) bosses on each side. There is a triangular hole in one corner for the sheet pin, which also has a brambled rib next to the loop. Measuring 15 x 15mm. Weighing 0.7g. For similar examples see NMS-286B32 (Norfolk HER53786), DOR-F31C46 and NMS-364AB6 (Norfolk HER42552). Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-BEE056
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval papal bulla of Clement V (pope 1305-14). The bulla is poorly preserved, being very worn on both obverse and reverse sides. The obverse reads CLE/MENS relatively clearly, but wear and some loss at the bottom of the bulla makes it difficult to see the numeral after the :PP. Two visible vertical strokes make this most likely to be the V typical of Clement V's bulla, as Clement II (1046 - 7) used bullae of a very different design (without the SPA SPE reverse, introduced by Gregory VII, 1073-85) and there does not appear to be space for any further vertical strokes to have been lo…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: NMS-A85804
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. An oval collet forms a bezel, the upper half with sloping, concave sides, the lower half with flat sloping sides. The narrow, broken and slightly distorted hoop is oval-sectioned, expanding slightly at the shoulders to small triangular bosses at the join between the hoop and the bezel. There is no trace of engraved decoration and the rear of the hoop is missing. When found, the collet contained a red or pink stone, presumebaly glass, which had sunk into the collect. The stone was accidentally damaged and the fragments lost during examination. …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1719F0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axehead. Straight-sided, wedge-shaped butt end, with side flanges rising to form a stop-ridge with a small, narrow loop on one side. Very slightly waisted before expanding with almost straight sides to the slightly curved, damaged and corroded cutting edge. Below the stop-ridge on both faces three short, very shallow ribs merge to form a single longitudinal rib which extends almost to the cutting edge. The casting seams are just visible on each side and most of the surface is pitted and corroded. Length 149mm. Width of cutting edge 44mm. Maxi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-161F93
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval toy. Two dimensional cast lead horses head, broken across the neck, with details of bridle, reins and mane on both sides. The neck and head are stretched perhaps indicating the horse was depicted in full gallop. For very similar possibly 16th century two dimesional lead horses, and 16th - 18th century two dimensional lead coaches see Forsyth and Egan (2005, 320 - 322, no.10.7, 10.8 - 10.13 and ).
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-157D43
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age hard hammer struck secondary flake with possible damage or use wear along one lateral edge. Length 54.5mm. Width 33mm. Thickness 15.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-04E8F6
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval sput. Figure-of-eight terminal with two deep v-shaped grooves on one edge and iron corrosion blocking both holes. A short section of the shallow D-sectioned arm survives. c. 16th - 17th century. Width of arm at break 9mm.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-04B7F4
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post-medieval copper alloy stud or mount. Domed, with six pointed foils separated by deep grooves and an integral rectangular-sectioned attachmetn spike on the reverse. Diameter 24mm. Height (excluding spike) 7mm. Including spike 15.5mm. c.1300 - 1700. See KENT-24E093 and aIOW-1F5D54 for broadly similar examples.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-049AC0
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mediebal or post-medieval copper alloy button. Solid hemispherical head with integral drilled loop on te reverse. Diameter 13mm. Length 15mm. 1500 - 1700.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-040A25
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon copper alloy cheek-piece. Oval loop, short rectangular-sectioned arm expanding before a break across a cental hole, with one surviving projection in the form of a stylised dragon head with projecting four pointed crest, a large annulet for the eye and an open mouth with projecting tongue. Surviving length 56mm. Width (reconstructed) circa 84mm. Thickness 5mm. The breaks are ancient. Williams (2007) Type 1, similar examples in Pedersen 1998, fig.2. Late 10th-11th century. See also NMS-275D22, NMS-FABB83.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Saturday 15th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-02B197
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval papal bulla of uncertain date. The bulla has been worn on both faces but, sadly, most severely on the obverse, making it almost impossible to see the name of the issuing pope. The reverse design of medieval bullae remained the same from those of Paschal II (1099-1118) until Paul II (1464-71), that is depicting the heads of SS Paul and Peter within pelleted aureoles, with a cross in between and the legend SPASPE above. The reverse die was retained by successive popes, being changed only occasionally, and so it is impossible to date a bulla accurately on the basis of the revers…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-024171
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon copper alloy strap-end. Probably Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1 (Trewhiddle style). Broken across the split end, almost straight sides tapering slightly to the terminal, bent, with very worn decoration containing traces of white inlay, probably decayed niello or possibly enamel, with an animal head terminal with round ears and a double chevron across the forehead. Length 29mm. Width 10mm. AD 850 - 1000.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-018666
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal. Two discs RT / TBBM / BPRM / [SV] // NO / RWI / [C]H. Diameter 20mm. The letters on the first disc are the initial letters of the surnames of the wardens of the Norwich Weavers' Company for one year between 1650 and 1705 (Egan 1994, 46-7). The year in question is 1683 (Egan 1987, 412). An identical cloth seal has been recorded from Dunton, Norfolk (HER 51659, NMS-0F2B01).
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-017135
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead powder change cap. Flat, sub-circular top with pierced lugs and straight sides with a vertical seam. Lugs and sides now distorted. Diameter of top (without lugs) 20mm. Height 19.5mm. 17th century.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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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
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Record ID: NMS-C61455
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Front-plate with splayed, notched attachment end, with short blint projections on either side before the short, blunt hook. A smaller back-plate was secured by two rivets at the splayed end (now missing) and one at the hook end. The front-plate is decorated with drilled holes, longitudinal lines, a dot with two concentric rings and two lines of rocker arm across the projections before the hook. Length 44.5mm. Maximum width 21mm. Circa 1550 - 1700.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C5FF41
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy book clasp. Front-plate with splayed, notched attachment end, with short blint projections on either side before the short, blunt hook. A smaller back-plate is secured by two rivets at the splayed end and one at the hook end. A fragment of leather is retained between the plates. Length 36mm. Maximum width 18mm. Circa 1550 - 1700.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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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
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Record ID: NMS-C57613
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval horse harness suspension mount. Rectangular plate with two integral rivets on the reverse, and two pransversley pierced lugs projecting from the lower edge, one broken, to hold the (missing) axis bar. Width 16mm. Length 16mm. Rivets to hold a thickness of up to 5m. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C55DA2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Full width sheet spacer with a central rivet, the front and back-plates only surviving at the terminal with additional convex mounts secured by a single rivet to the front and back to create a three dimensional acorn knop. Now bent almost in half. Surviving length 55mm. Width 13mm. 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C53FA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double oval frame with slightly pointed outside edges. Pin missing. Measuring 36 x 35mm. 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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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-C4CB12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular frame, sides expanded at either end of off-set circular-sectioned bar with pairs of transverse grooves, large lozengiform knop in centre of outside edge. Traces of tinning. Measuring 37 x 23mm. See Whitehead (2003, 28, no.153) for a very similar example. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C4A9F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late early-medieval copper alloy disc brooch with cast Borre style decoration, now almost completely indecipherable from wear but apparently comprising a central rectangular boss surrounded by interlaced knots. Most of the edge missing and worn. On the reverse the stub of a catch-plate and pin lug, one at right angles and one parallel to the edge. Measuring 19 x 24mm. Weight 3.0g. A common 10th-century type in East Anglia carrying a design based on a Scandinavian prototype, see West 1998, 252, fig. 134.8, Margeson 1997, 23, fig. 28 and Margeson and Williams in Ayers 1985, 28, fig. …
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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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-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-C28A61
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end. Rectangular with pointed end. Single rivet at terminal end, two rivets and one empty rivet hole at attachment end. No trace of spacer or decoration. Length 35mm. Width 12mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C27352
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount. Thick, flat sectioned rectangular plate with and empty central hole, with a single rivet hole at each end both of which are blocked with traces of iron corrosion around them. The front is engraved with a probably foliate design between paralelle lines. Traces of silvering or tinning survive on the front and back faces. Length 44 x 12mm. 2mm thick. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C25837
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval copper alloy tweezers. One arm only survives broken at or before loop, expanding smoothly to completely flat rectangular blade. Traces of tinning or silvering. Length 40mm. Width of blade 6mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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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-C1BBA2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount. Lozengiform, with decoration in relief consisting of a beaded outer border and an internal openwork cross. At one corner is a pierced projecting knop. On the reverse are two integral rectangular-sectioned attachment spikes, one broken and one bent inwards to hold a thickness of circa 2mm. Tinned. Measuring 35 x 34mm. c.17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C1A2E4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame with thickened and expanded outside edge with multiple transverse grooves, off-set, narrowed bar, sheet pin. Measuring 19 x 24mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C138C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy nuckle. Oval frame, off-set, narrowed bar, thickened outside edge with transverse grooves now very worn. Rectangular sheet plate, folded widthways, recessed for frame, slot for incomplete sheet pin, two rivets at attachment edge, decorated with lines of opposed stamped triangles. Frame 12.5 x 18.5mm. Plate 10 x 12mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-C12188
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman nail cleaner. Leaf-shaped blade tapering gradually to points, with a suspension loop in the same plane as the blade. Flat-sectioned and undecorated. Length 50.5mm. Maximum width 7mm. Thicknes 2mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C0EB52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilded copper alloy buckle plate. Rectangular, recessed for the (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin, broken at the fold, with two dome headed rivets at the attachment end. On the front of the plate is a lion passant in low relief on a field of closley spaced punched dots. The lion faces the buckle, the plate to be viewed with the buckle to the left. Surviving length 18mm. Width 14mm. Late 12th - 13th century. See NMS-501773 (HER18111), NMS-5F9413 (HER53969) and NMS-F372E3 for buckle plates depicting similar lions on stiples fields.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C0D094
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mount with filed grooves forming a crude scallop shell. Separate central rivet. Measuring 14.5 x 12mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 201, fig.126, no.1083). 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C0BD31
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame, narrowed bar, slightly bevelled edges, pin missing. Measuring 25 x 20mm. 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C0B154
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Less than one complete loop of an originally double-oval looped frame with narrowed central bar and hollow-backed acorn knop at ether end of bar and in centre of outside edge. Pin Missing. Measuring (reconstructed) 76 x 58mm. 1450 - 1600.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C08C93
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double oval frame, bar projecting slightly beyond frame at either end. A small rounded knop at either end of each outside edge and a large, central scallop shell knop in the centre. Traces of black lacquer on frame. Pin missing. Measuring 39 x 22mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', 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-C027E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified copper alloy Roman object. Rectangular-sectioned trefoil projection (one small central foil with a longer, downward curving foil to either side) on the outside of an originally circular frame almost all of which is missing. For a more complete but still unidentified example, see BH-88BC87. Perhaps part of an elaborate key handle. Width (from outside edge of projection to inside edge of frame) 18mm. Thickness 4mm. Width of projection (tip to tip of side foils) 17mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: NMS-BFC8D6
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy hook or mount. Triangular plate, the narrow corner folded back to form a hook, with a large rivet at the upper edge. Slight traces of gilding. Length 16mm. Width 14mm. c.1100 - 1500.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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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-BF7497
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated, but probably medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Discoidal with central hole. Diameter 26mm. Thickness 10mm. Weight 41.1g (634.8gn).
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
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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-B19AC5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, narroed bar with recess for (missing) pin. Measuring 16 x 20mm. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B18083
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Half of originally double-looped rectangular frame with narrowed bar and triangular outside edges. Bar projects slightly beyond frame. Measuring (reconstructed) 42 x 21mm. See Whitehead (2008, 82, no.512 and 513). 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B12F14
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Transverse break across front-plate, back-plate and full width sheet spacer, with ornate terminal with multiple concave and rectangular notches around the edge. Surviving length 30mm. Width 11mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-B0FCB3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval double-looped copper alloy buckle frame. Rectangular, with irregularly faceted sectione, angled filed grooves on upper face of each outside edge and sheet pin. Measuring 19 x 21mm. 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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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-AFD161
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. The edges damaged, recessed for (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin. One rivet hole off-centre behind the pin slot, a rivet in one corner at attachment edge, broken acorss a third rivet hole at the opposite corner. Broken at transverse fold, back-plate missing. Length 27mm. Width 18mm. Circa 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AFBA02
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Rectangular, recessed for (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin, broken at transverse fold, back-plate missing, Five rivet holes (one near each corner and one central) with very faint traces of an engraved rocker arm border and gilding. Length 29mm Width 14.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AFA926
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bar mount. Rectangular, with two separate rivets and two longitudinal engraved lines. Length 15mm. Wifth 7mm. Thickness (excluding rivets) 2mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AF68D7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy sewing ring decorated externally with a spiral of closley spaced drilled dots. Diameter at base 19mm. Height 8mm. 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-AF4584
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave axe head. Only the damaged but-end broken across the start of the side flanges survives. Corroded surface, with granular fairly unworn breaks. Surviving length 25mm. Width 28mm. Maximum surviving thickness 13mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6EA2F4
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated object, Mesolithic or Neolithic mace head or pebble hammer fashioned from a naturally water worn pebble of mid-brown Quartzite with an hour glass perforation pecked and drilled from both sides. The hole measure 32mm diameter on one face and 26mm on the other, and narrows to 12mm at the centre. There are some areas of wear to the edges though this may be due to natural forces. A rather large example from Norfolk found at Bawdeswell is recorded on the PAS database (NMS-F78EB4). The function of these 'mace heads' is enigmatic with interpretations ranging from symbols of pow…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6BCAA6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead weight. Sub-conical with central hole. Height 10mm. Diameter 18mm. Weight 10.6g.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6BAEC7
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead ball with casting seam and sprue. Diameter 17mm.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6B9A27
Object type: RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy ring. Irregular faceted section with scar from mould where originally connected to other cast rings. External diameter 26mm. Internal diameter 20mm. Probably 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6B77D8
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete copper alloy post-medieval crotal bells, both with rectangular loops with convex lower edges (as cast) two holes in upper half, median rib and round-ended slot in base. Both missing a large part of the lower half. Diameter 28mm, with traces of cast gadrooning or 'starburst' pattern. Diameter 30mm. Height (including loop) 39mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6B7317
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, the edges damaged. 2 in low relief // indesipherable or blank. Measuring 13 x 14mm. 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-32A563
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy everted vessel rim with slight traces of sooting. 1300 - 1700.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-329402
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval unglazed ware bowl rim fragment with very wide,. flat flange. 1350 - 1500. 17.5g.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F42931
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold annular brooch. Flat-sectioned frame with two opposed oval collets which taper towards the top, one containing a purple cabochon stone, probably amethyst or garnet, the other a blue cabochon, perhaps a sapphire. There is a flanged transverse ridge on the upper face at either side of the narrowing for the cast pin. The pin is D-sectioned, with a half round segmented collar next to the loop. The pin rest is formed from a separate lozengiform plate soldered to the frame and decorated with an engraved star formed from eight radiating grooves. Separate soldered arms spring fr…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F31BE7
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy crotal bells. Drilled rectangular loop, two holes in upper half, poorly deffined median rib, round-ended slot in base, corroded iron pea. No trace of decoration. Height 34mm. Diameter 27mm. 16th - 17th century. Rectangular loop with convex lower edge (as cast), two holes in upper half, prominant, narrow median rib, round ended slot in base, corroded iron pea. No trace of decoration. Height 44mm. Diameter 33mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F27897
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval - post-medieval cast copper alloy vessel feet, probably froma couldron. One miscast but apparently inteded to have a bi-concave front face (width 29mm), the other with a bi-concave front face and rectangular base (width 47mm, depth 17mm). Circa 1300 - 1700.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-F1FEA5
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy pilgrim badge. Discoidal, with the head of John the Baptist in fairly high relief surrounded by an inscription with an internal and external cabled border in low relief starting with a five petalled flower; INTER•NATOS•MVLIERVM•NO•SVRREXIT (Of the children born to woman, none has risen higher than John the Baptist) (Matthew 11:11). On the reverse is a central oval depression with a squashed attachment loop. Diameter 41mm. Thickness (excluding loop) 4mm. Very similar lead badges, often associated with Amiens, France were produced in the 15th and…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EFEEF4
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy spur. Sub-triangular with two circular apertures and two transverse grooves before stepped narrowing after whcih is a break. Similar to examples from Beeston Castle, Cheshire (Ellis, 1993, 168, fig.114, nos.23 and 24). Surviving length 18mm. Width 16mm. 1600 - 1700.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EFA163
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval crotal bell. Rectangular loop with convex lower edge (as cast), two large holes in upper half, prominent median rib, round-ended slot with oWo in a semicircular field to one side. Lower half decorated with cast gadrooning or 'sunburst' pattern. Height (excluding loop) 42mm, (including loop) 54.5mm. Diameter 44mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EF6B84
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two non-joining sherds of Glazed Grimston Ware, 13th - mid 15th century. One fragment of ribbed strap handle with stabbed decoration (width 50mm, maximum thickness 16mm) and one oval-sectioned, ribbed handle fragment (width 36mm, maximum thickness 16mm). Weight 74g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EE5A17
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable post-medieval lead weight or decorative mount. Sub-circular, with a four petalled 'tudor rose' with large central pellet in high relief on the upper face. The edge is damaged, but retains traces of an upper and lower flange forming a recess similar to that found on the edge of pot mends, perhaps a means of attachment. There is a central blind hole on the reverse. Diameter 55 - 62mm. Height 17mm. Weight 296g / 4151gn. This is close to 3/4 of a Troy pound (4320gn). 1500 - 1900.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EE1993
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post-medieval stud-chape from spur. Lozengiform plate with oval expansion before incomplete hook at one end, with a separate stud with domed, tear-drop-shaped head through the lozengiform part of the plate. Length 29.5mm. Width 10mm. Height (through rivet) 9mm. See DENO-846943 for a similar example attached to a spur. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EDEFE4
Object type: AMMUNITION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six lead balls, possibly ammunitian. Diameters; 13mm, 13mm, 14mm, 14mm, 15mm, 16mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-EDCC21
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two undated lead weights. Both circular with a flat base, slightly rounded upper face and central hole. Probably medieval - modern. Diameter 27mm. Height 14mm. Weight 51.7g (791gn). Diameter 27mm. Height 16mm. Weight 71g (1108gn).
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-ED9938
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two undated lead weights, both plano-convex with a central hole. Probably medieval - modern. Diameter 29mm. Height 10.5mm. Weight 40.4g (624gn). Diameter 27.5mm. Height 12mm. Weight 43.4g (670gn).
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-ED7A44
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated lead weight, probably post-medieval or modern. Discoidal with central hole. Diameter 25 - 28mm. Thickness 9.5mm. Weight 36.9g (570gn).
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-ECFA21
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame with off-set, narrowed bar, slightly pointed outside edge with notch for sheet pin. Measuring 18 x 24mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6F4832
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Ball-headed pin head made from gold with filigree wire and pellet decoration. The pin head is hollow and globular, with a circular hole at each end surrounded by an annulet of beaded wire; the upper and lower half are separated by a border of a line of beaded wire either side of what appears now to be a plain wire, but on closer inspection is actually a beaded wire worn down so that the beads have almost disappeared. This triple-strand border probably conceals a soldered join. Both halves are decorated alike, with two-ply twisted wire forming three pairs of opposed S- …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6F2494
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver annular brooch. Oval-sectioned frame with four evenly spaced gilded flat rectangular octofoils soldered to the upper face. The incomplete cast pin is broken just after a collar covered in closely spaced stamped annulets. Diameter (excluding octofoils) 23 - 25mm. Diameter across frame 1.5mm Weight 1.78g. Annular brooches with separate flat bosses soldered to the upper face of the frame are a well known type with multiple recorded examples, including NMS-D8B8F2, BUC-25AA82, LIN-7B8826 and LIN-E8F3D0. Late 13th - early 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DBABB5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver thimble formed from a separate domed crown and rectangular sheet forming the straight sides, the butt join at the sides now partially separated. Plain lower edge below a cabled border, above which is a rectangular panel with I H pecked in tiny dots, the rest of the sides and crown covered with rows of closely spaced annulets. Now slightly squashed. Height 19mm. Original diameter at base circa 15mm. Weight 4.9g. A well-known type, for example NMS-653275 (HER20524), NMS-257D33 (56927) and IOW-515B38. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-DB1C10
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary flint flake with possible retouch. Black, unpatinated flint. Length 54mm. Width 19mm. Thickness 6mm. Probably Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-B0F692
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy foot or lug from a vessel. Wedge-shaped foot with trapezoidal base, slightly convex on the upper face, narrowing to a leg with flat front and back face and rounded sides. Base of foot 20 x 29mm. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Monday 24th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-761748
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame, one loop missing, narrowed bar with transverse ridge acorss frame at either end, incomplete pin bevelled on either edge. Measuring (reconstructed) 41 x 27mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 21st February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-626245
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Late Medieval Unglazed Ware. 3.6g. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-625602
Object type: POT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd of early medieval wheel thrown pottery. 6.6g. 11th - 12th century.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-6246D1
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd, probably of Thetford Type Ware. 6.5g. 851 - 1100 AD.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-613D57
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible medieval lead pot mend. Very irregular edges, with one irregular domed face and one slightly recessed. Only a short section of the edge is indented for the (missing) pot up to 3.5mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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Record ID: NMS-612C81
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-slide. Rectangular-sectioned frame with one larger and one smaller D-shaped section divided by two internal projections. Measuring 20 x 16mm. For a strap up to 11mm wide.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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Record ID: NMS-610752
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy key. Circular bow, oval-sectioned shank which projects beyond the rectangular bit which has a cleft on the front and back edge. Length 35mm. Bow 11 x 11mm. Bit 7 x 7 x 2.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5F9413
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilded copper alloy buckle plate. Rectangular, recessed for the (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin, broken at the fold, with two dome headed rivets at the attachment end. On the front of the plate is a lion passant reguardant to sinister in low relief on a field of closely spaced punched dots. The lion's head is below the pin slot and the feet at the attachment edge, to be viewed with the buckle pin pointing upwards. Surviving length 19mm. Width 18mm. Late 12th - 13th century. See NMS-501773 (HER 18111) and NMS-F372E3 for buckle plates depicting similar lions on st…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5F5130
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified Roman copper alloy object, possibly a furniture fitting, mount or brooch. Now sub-circular, the edges damaged with probably no original edge surviving, slightly convex on the reverse with a central shallow blind hole. On the front face is a circular rib in high relief, the surface concave internally, with a large central pellet. Maximum surviving diameter 32mm. Thickness 6mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5F0C95
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy dress hook. Rectangular plate with full width rectangular attachment loop and 9 sub-circular decorative apertures, stepped either side of incomplete hook. Slight casting flange on one side. Surviving length 33mm. Width 14mm. Read (2008, 90, no.310) Class E, Type 2.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5E48C5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate. Rectangular, folded widthways, recessed for (missing) frame, slot for (missing) pin, two rivets, slightly smaller back-plate. Length 22mm. Width 9.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th February 2014
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