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Record ID: NMS-A1B392
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age composite penannular gold ring, now almost straightened, comprising two ribs formed from separate c-sectioned bars with convex upper faces and hollow on the reverse, joined longitudinally. One end is complete and unbroken, the other slightly distorted, the join between the two ribs separated at the terminal, but either cut very neatly or also complete.
Penannular rings with c-sectioned ribs are a well-known Middle Bronze Age artefact type. For similar rings see LIN-D7E6D1 and ESS-E9CCB4 (two ribs), BERK-A5FFE5 and HER43133, Norfolk (multiple linked rings), ESS-CB3683…
Created on: Monday 20th May 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-ACBFA4
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Slightly distorted Middle Bronze Age gold penannular composite ring formed from three D-sectioned strips of gold probably soldered together and now separating at several points, with straight, blunt terminals. Each of the D-sectioned strips has slightly raised edges internally.
Width of band 8.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. External measurement of ring 15 x 14mm. Weight 3.8g.
Composite penannular rings formed from C-sectioned, D-sectioned or sub-circular strips or bars, are a well known Middle Bronze Age artefact type as single finds or forming part of sets of linked rings. See for example NM…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-37C257
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy buckle frame of extraordinary form, corroded and broken, trapezoidal, with the outside edge consisting of a huge animal head with a longitudinal oval aperture formed by the open mouth, one bent obliquely angled oval-sectioned side with engraved transverse grooves survives, the other side and the straight narrowed bar are missing. There is a rounded sub-triangular perforation in the base of the animal-head near the inner edge forming a pin-bar, pin missing. The animal head carries elaborate cast moulded detail; both sides with a long vertical ear with transverse …
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-85D343
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miscast and unfinished Dolphin brooch with undecorated shallow 'C' sectioned wings which are partially filled with miscast metal, with the stub of a possible hook at the top where there is a further miscast protrusion. The D-sectioned bow is decorated with a median longitudinal groove with raised sides, the lower half of the bow has an irregular surface, again due to miscasting. There is a complete trapezoidal catchplate on the reverse which has not been hammered out and bent over. The pin was never attached. Width 27mm. Length 51mm.
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Methwold', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-C4BC01
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. Rectangular sectioned, tapering in thickness in a smooth curve from the centre to the curved cutting edge and the straight butt end, and expanding widthways from the butt end to the slightlly flared corners of the cutting edge. The whole surface is covered in shallow pitting and there is no trace of decoration.
Length 100mm. Width of cutting edge 66.5mm. Maximum thickness 12mm.
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-090A85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon lead nummular brooch, cast pattern in relief on face, unusual arrangement for attachment on reverse comprising opposed twin lugs on outside edges with transverse perforations linked by groove with raised sides, diameter 41mm. Pattern derived from penny of Cnut (pointed helmet type), North no.787, pl.13, 1024-30. There is no other English coin with this design.
Created on: Friday 4th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-01E153
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring or posy ring. D-sectioned band, now distorted, engraved internally with an open hand and heart before the inscription More loue cannot giue (i.e. 'More love cannot give') and a stamped maker's mark, G within a rectangle. Width of band 4mm. External measurements 23 x 15mm. Weight 2.59g. 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Beeston with Bittering', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-C3580F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold iconographic finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, now squashed, has zigzag edges and deep transverse grooves giving the impression of two flat bands twisted around each other, which meet the elongated hexagonal bezel without forming shoulders.
The bezel is engraved within a single line border around a nimbed saint wearing a v-necked, belted robe with elbow length sleeves, one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a book or box on which sits the Lamb of God looking over its shoulder at a cross emerging from its back. No seals hang from the book. The sai…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Ingham', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: NMS-1C0B02
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible broken end of flint blade. Neolithic to Early Bronze Age. Surviving length 34mm.
Created on: Friday 7th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMS-3D8F5B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
2 medieval silver coins found within two feet of each other. Both are groats of similar date in very good condition, and it seems likely that they went into the ground together. They are:
Edward IV, London, cinquefoil initial mark with rose on breast, Type XXI, North 1631, weight 3.13g, 1480-3
Henry VII, London, crosslet initial mark, North 1747, weight 3.07g, 1504-7
The later groat has hardly seen any circulation and so it seems likely that the hoard was lost or deposited late in the first decade of the 16th century or early in the second.
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Loddon', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-0B9111
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with a narrow D-sectioned band, now slightly distorted, which expands and thickens slightly before the bezel which is formed from four rectangular collects arranged around a central, slightly larger rectangular collet to form a cross. Three of the four outer collets retain table cut stones, the central collet a point cut stone, identified as diamonds. The rim of each of the four outer collets is defined by engraved lines with angled engraved lines between on one edge of one collet, forming a border. The edge of each face of the outer collets is further defined by an …
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Banningham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-D285B2
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy and iron linch-pin terminal. Domed head with three raised semi-circular bosses around the edge each with deep radiating grooves. Slightly narrowed, circular-sectioned lower half with a groove around the lower edge and bisected by a deep rectangular slot in the base from which protrudes corroded iron. Length (excluding iron) 17mm. Diameter 16mm.
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Created on: Monday 21st January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F36EDA
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very unusual Late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy composite linch pin with bent and corroded square-sectioned shank (14 x 14mm), pelta-shaped openwork head and foot with discoidal terminal. The peltoid head and the foot are both cast.
The face of the head is decorated with six circular cells containing traces of red enamel, four in a Y-shaped arrangement within an engraved triskele reserved on a circular pecked field, one in the centre and each of the three outer cells in a curled terminals of the triskele, two further cells are set in the swollen convex base of the head…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2DFC87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy openwork mount, furniture fitting or decorative grille made from thin sheet. Broken, now triangular with two surviving sides set at slightly wider than 90 degrees, slightly raised plain repoussé border and elaborate openwork in a D-shaped panel in the surviving corner and broken across a curved panel, perhaps circular when complete. Three empty attachment holes at the edge, one in the surviving complete corner and one next to each break. The surface is mostly a bright gold colour and uncorroded as it was found in waterlogged conditions. Surviving dimensions 54…
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.
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.
Record ID: NMS-5CF2D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy disc, the edge damaged, with a central sub-rectangular scar with traces of solder on the reverse from a missing fitting, presumeably to allow the disc to be worn as a brooch. The front is engraved with an inscription around the edge within an inner and outer border of two pairs of concentric circles +ALIVA hI MVN CVR A around the lamb of god with one front leg bent, looking back over its shoulder at a flag.
The design strongly resembles a seal matrix, although the inscription is not reversed. Two seal matrices recorded on this database bear a very similar inscription:&nbs…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9E218E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver finger ring or annular brooch. Four strands of twisted or plaited wire forming a band, slightly flattened on the inner face of the curve, with a flat-sectioned quatrefoil boss soldered to the outer face forming the bezel. Each foil of the boss is engraved to resemble a leaf with angled lines to either side of a median line. Traces of gilding survive on the wire and boss. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. Width of band 4mm. Width of boss 7mm. Weight 0.9g.
For a twisted wire brooch see Egan and Pritchard (2002, 254, fig.164, no.1340). 13t…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th November 2023
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-E204C6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure report by Adrian Marsden: A hoard of cu alloy objects found in close association with one another and very close to a radiate imitation manufacturer's hoard found in November 2004 (see file). These comprise two RB bracelets and 10 sestertii of the second century. The coins, where condition at deposition can be ascertained, were all heavily worn, suggesting a mid-third century date. This suggests that both bracelets and coins were intended for melting down to produce radiate imitations, a theory made more likely by the fact that one sestertius appears to have had pieces cut…
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'East Winch', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMS-2C8D19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver open-framed brooch. Sub-circular frame, flat on the reverse, cast in low relief on the front in the form of two addorsed birds, with their tails intertwined in a knot terminating in a rounded 'brambled' knop on the outer edge of the frame, their curved bodies forming the sides of the brooch, their heads turned back so their beaks meet above the piercing for the pin attachment. On the outer edge of the frame a small rounded knop with radiating grooves may be intended as a shell or pearl held between the bird's beaks and mirroring the knop at their tails. Deta…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Great Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.
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