Record ID: NMS-7C2D74
Object type: DIE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone die measuring 7 x 8 x 6.5mm. Numbers indicated by ring and dots, some of which are very worn, and except for the central dots of the 1, 3 and 5 are all at the very edge or corners of the faces. Opposing faces marked 4 / 3, 5 / 2, 6 (very worn, traces of three ring and dots only survive) / 1 (survives as central dot only), Biddle (1990, 693) type Ai. Weighing 0.75g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7C7611
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Basal mount with two (distorted) rectangular strap loops and Y-shaped upright rotating stem for the suspension of two horse harness pendants. An unusual feature is the bifurcation near the top of the stem, just above which the two parts split into two round-ended pierced arms. Normally the stem holds a banner or a single pendant set sideways at the top (N. Griffiths FRG Datasheet 5 (1986) figs .22-3) or multiple arms (normally four) spring from a rotating sphere (ibid. figs. 24-5). Loops c.15 x 6mm internally. Length c.57mm. Height 43mm. Late 13th -14th century
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heacham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7CB3C4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin or hairpin with simple flat-topped head consisting of a gentle conical expansion of the shank. There are faint indications of an encircling groove just below the top. Very slightly curved along the length. Cool 1990 Group 24. Length 116.5mm. Maximum diameter 6mm. Weight 7.56g. Not closely datable but most likely 2nd century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornham', 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.

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Record ID: NMS-FA1BF1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy everted vessel rim, 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2FF8A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring. The hoop has a D-shaped cross-section, and is inscribed on the flat internal face A vertuous wife preserveth life. The two 'v's are written as 'u's and the letters 'f' and 's' are elongated. There is a possible maker's mark in the form of a very worn stamped 'H' between the beginning and end of the inscription. External diameter 21mm, internal diameter 17.5mm, width of band 4.5mm. Weighing 3.8g. Inscriptions declaring that a virtuous wife preserved or comforted life, or banished strife, are frequently found on marriage or posy rings (Evans in R.E.S. 1933, 336) and…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-304752
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval scale tang knife end stop. Rectangular externally, oval internally with 'slot', split end which opens into the slot and central aperture, tiny rabbet in each corner at attachment edge, straight sides expanding slightly towards convex outside edge formed by two addorsed animal heads with prominent brow ridges and snouts, central groove on underside of the animal heads. Engraved cross-hatching at attachment edge and herringbone pattern on sides on both faces. A related end-stop on a complete knife can be seen at LON-76BB02. Dimensions 28 x 18mm, 4.5mm thick at…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-30B4C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. Robust oval frame, 'D' shaped in section, slightly narrowed bar, outside edge has central internal swelling and cast notch for pin. Measuring 17 x 26mm, weighing 7.83g. 5th - 8th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-30DCC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sprung copper alloy Dolphin brooch. Hexagonal sectioned bow with a pair of median grooves along its back from the head to foot, tapering slightly towards foot which has a flat, blunt terminal, most of catch-plate survives. 'C' sectioned wings with one transverse and one diagonal line on each, hook and part of wings filled with iron corrosion from (missing) pin. Length 35mm, width 16mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-30EE65
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pilgrim badge. Poorly cast copper alloy depicting the Virgin and Child within the horns of a crescent. The Virgin is shown from the waist up, her head surrounded by a glory, her right hand is raised in blessing, her hair falls over her left shoulder and she is possibly holding a sceptre. An integral shank on the reverse has been bent over to form a loop. Measuring 25 x 23mm. Cf. Spencer, 1990, 74, fig. 46. 15th - early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.