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Record ID: NMS-E31A44
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy dress fastener or toggle. Elongated domed plate with multiple transverse convex mouldings of varying widths, two rivet holes filled with iron corrosion, hollow on the reverse, with a circular terminal on a recessed neck which would have fitted into a corresponding recessed eye-plate. Similar to an example in Read (2009, 210, no.763), unclassified Type 7. Length 43mm. Maximum width of plate 10mm. Width of toggle-plate 10.5mm. Circa 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-D017C8
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy dress fastener eye plate. Rectangular 'eye' with raised cabled bar at each short end and loop projecting from the lower edge, cusped and noted plate with two rivet holes filled with iron corrosion and a central decorative circular aperture, terminating in a straight edge with a cabled rib. Length 45mm. Width including loop 22mm. For a similar example see Read (2008, 209, no.755? Circa 16th -17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CFDED7
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount. Triangular-sectioned bar, terminating at each end in concave cusped mouldings on either side before a circular boss with central rivet hole and pointed terminal projection. One pierced boss retains a dome-headed rivet. In the centre of the lower edge are two projections pierced for the (missing) iron axis bar, one of which is incomplete. Gilded. Width 45mm. Length 14mm. Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A688DD
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary and tertiary simple flake tools and debitage of unpatinated and white patinated flint. Largest: 61 x 21 x 7 mm. Smallest: 36 x 15 x 4 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A67B99
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age fabricator made from a found hard hammer struck white and light grey patinated tertiary piece of debitage, this was reworked with steep retouch mostly to the dorsal face at a later date. These flake removals show the original unpatinated dark grey flint. Fabricators are thought to be part of a fire lighting kit; the flint being struck with a piece of Marcasite to produce sparks. 78 x 29 x 14 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A66E4D
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic tertiary semi-hard hammer struck flake tool of white patinated light grey flint with small areas of spotty iron staining and with irregular steep retouch to both edges and the distal end. 55 x 30 x 6 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A654E9
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age semi-hard hammer struck tertiary combination tool, of lightly patinated mottled light grey and brown flint with invasive pressure flake scars to both lateral edges on the dorsal face only, the distal end is steeply retouched to form an end scraper. Perhaps this was used as a skinning and scraping tool. 43 x 27 x 7.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A64A87
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five Neolithic to Bronze Age tertiary and secondary hard hammer struck simple flake tools and debitage, of including two notched blade-like flakes. All are of mottled grey flint. Largest: 64 x 23 x 8 mm. Smallest: 18 x 10 x 2.5 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-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-A5F4D4
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of Neolithic to Bronze Age unpatinated mottled grey simple hard hammer struck secondary and tertiary flake tools including six end and side scrapers; one with a notch towards the distal end, and five tertiary notched blade-like flakes, and one piece of tertiary debitage of pale grey flint. Largest: 72 x 34 x 9 mm. Smallest: 27 x 14 x 3.5 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A5D66C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age complete plano-convex knife of white and light grey patinated flint, made from a secondary hard hammer struck flake with a thick sandy coloured piece of cortex remaining unworked and presumably forming the "back" of the knife. The cutting edge is extensively and invasively pressure flaked at an angle with the flake scars reaching beyond the centre line of the dorsal face. Measuring 58 x 26 x 7 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A42262
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck flake of unpatinated mottled brown flint with steep retouch to part of one edge. Measuring 43 x 25 x 8 mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A3BED6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary hard hammer struck blade-like flake of mottled grey and brown flint; the distal end is broken transversely in antiquity. Measuring 36 x 25 x 10mm.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A39651
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic pointed ovate handaxe of Wymer's type E, unifacially and invasively knapped from a thermal or "potlid" fractured piece of white patinated flint, the dorsal (worked) face is patinated with a white "basket weave" with the original brown flint colour showing in-between, there is a small patch of worn and orange stained cortex where the flakes did not overlap towards the middle of this face. This type of handaxe are quickly made from any available small piece of flint and the knapping is focused usually to produce one sharp cutting edge over any attempt at symmetry, tho…
Created on: Monday 4th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-522CD9
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Early Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pendant, oval and slightly narrower at the apex than at the base. The sheet back-plate is rolled forward at the upper end to make a suspension loop with four longitudinal ribs. The setting comprises a dark red cabochon stone, presumably a garnet, with an off-centre angled polished face, set within a plain collar formed from a strip of gold sheet, the join clearly visible. This is surrounded by an outer border of two plain narrow ribs either side of a beaded wire rib. Dimensions: Length (including suspension loop) 19mm. Maximum width 10.5m…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-51C218
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Saxon silver strap-end of Thomas' (2003) Class B, Type 1. Broken across the base of a wedge-shaped rectangular-sectioned split end, below which the body is oval-sectioned, becoming circular-sectioned as it tapers to a blunt point. The body is decorated with three groups of three encircling transverse grooves, with a transverse groove on each face of the surviving split end. The surface is damaged in places including the tip, and the body is bent at about 130 degrees just below the mid-point. Surviving length 41mm. Maximum surviving width 7.5mm. Surviving thickness 5…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4F31C2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified and undated object, possibly an ingot. Silver bar with shallow D-shaped section, complete and rounded at one end, bent and broken at the other with a possible cut mark next to the break on the reverse. The broken surface is granular. Surviving dimensions: length 32.5mm, width 9.5mm, thickness 4mm. Weight 8.73g.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3C8B42
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck flake of dark flint with patchy patination. Bulbar face shows many possibly thermal fracture flaws. Measuring 33.5 x 34 x 10mm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-3C78F6
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic or Bronze Age hard hammer struck tertiary blade with a notch to the distal end. Fine use ware or recent damage to both edges. Unpatinated mottled flint. Measuring 48 x 15 x 6mm.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-AA2195
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon or early medieval object, possibly a bracelet or mount. Bar of shallow D-shaped section expanding very slightly from a break to a moulded animal head with pointed ears and slightly up-turned snout with a tapering D-sectioned projection extending from the mouth, probably intended to represent a long tongue, the tip of which is missing. Surviving length 48mm. Maximum width 7mm. Maximum thickness 5mm. The surface is corroded. No very close parallel has been found but Late Saxon bracelets with stylistically similar animal head terminals have been recorded including NMS-E90A2…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A98034
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Asymmetric frame with one larger oval and one smaller rectangular loop, the bar recessed for the (missing) pin, slight depression on the oval outside edge for the pin rest. Measuring 27.5 x 33mm. Width of rectangular loop 20mm. Probably 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A96681
Object type: POT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two tiny fragments of reduced pottery containing small,frequent white inclusions, probably burnt flint or quartz. Possibly Iron Age. Weight 3.9g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A95769
Object type: POT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny body sherd of reduced, sandy, possibly Early Saxon pottery. Weight 2.9g.
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-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
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Record ID: NMS-A871FB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy vessel leg. Triangular-sectioned with broad median rib on outer face. Irregular, probably miscast break at the upper end, rounded at the lower end. Surviving length 57mm. Maximum width 29mm. Maximum thickness 16mm. Circa 1300 - 1700.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A86123
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy vessel leg. Circular-sectioned, broken before the foot, expanding for the join to the (missing) vessel body. Surviving length 53mm. Diameter at break 12.5mm. Circa 1300 - 1700.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A848F9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lead-alloy disc brooch. Broken across a domed centre and part of the flange around the edge, with an incomplete catch-plate on the reverse of the surviving part of the flange. The dome is decorated with two bisecting ribs forming a low relief cross. Almost all the original edge, pin and catch-plate are missing. Surviving length 20mm. Height (excluding pin-lug) 6mm. Original estimated diameter 28mm. Probably Late Saxon. Although no very close parallel has been found Late Saxon lead disc brooches are a well-known type. See for example SWYOR-939E21, LEIC-A2A4A2 and SF-120845.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A71033
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead possible wall or ceiling mount. Six pointed star with sinuous triangular-sectioned arms all of which are now squashed and incomplete, with a casting seam and central incomplete shank on the otherwise flat reverse. Maximum surviving diameter 30mm. See NMS-382886 for a similar example. Circa 1300 - 1500.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A6E04D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified and undated object. Slightly irregular circular lead sheet punched with 32 holes. Diameter 22mm. Thickness 2mm. Weight 3.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A69F06
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy dress hook. Lozengiform plate with beaded border including three beads forming a trefoil at the corner on either side, around an openwork fleur-de-lis. Integral sharp hook and incomplete trapezoidal loop. Length 30mm. Wodth 21mm. Circa 16th - 17th century. See Read (2008, 107, no.424).
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A633FE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head. Broken across the base of the socket, upper part missing, flaring from the break to a crescentic cutting edge. The surface is very worn, corroded and pitted with only patches of brown patina surviving. There appears to be a median longitudinal arris or rib on both faces, although the level of corrosion makes it difficult to be certain. Surviving width of cutting edge 48mm. Surviving length 50mm. Surviving thickness 16mm. Weight 99.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-7F1E1C
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy knife end stop in the form of an animal head, with remains of iron scale tang in slot. Blind-drilled holes pick out the animal's eyes, a transverse groove indicates the mouth and hair on the top of the head is represented by three engraved lines. On the back of the neck are a pair of engraved vertical grooves, with an angled line on each side of the neck. Length (excluding fragment of iron tang) 11mm. Width 8mm. Maximum thickness 14mm. For a similar example see NMS-AB3A65 (Norfolk HER29392).
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7EE03D
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy mirror case. Slightly convex disc, recessed on one side for the (missing) mirror, with a pair of pierced lugs with copper alloy rivet on the outer edge and a single unpierced lug opposite. Decorated on the outer face with interrupted rockerarm in a line between the lugs and in four c-shapes producing the outline of a cross. There is a very slight possible trace of the cement which would have held the glass in place on the inside. Width 31mm. Length (including lugs) 42mm. See examples in Egan and Pritchard (2002, 362, fig.241, no.1714 - 1716) from 13th - 14th cent…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7D016C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy brooch. Open square frame, each side slightly concave on the upper face, with a boss decorated with closely spaced segmented lines forming each corner. One boss is split by the constriction for the (missing) pin. Gilded. Measuring 20 x 21mm. Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7CE589
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy enamelled mount. Lozengiform plate with central piercing and a plain border around the edge. Azure an estoile of eight points [?Or]. No trace of gilding or silvering survives. Measuring 31 x 39mm, 2.5mm thick. For similar examples see Ashley (2002, 18, fig.18, nos.168 and 169). Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7AE3B5
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gilded silver dress fastener. Openwork plate consisting of four circular apertures around a central heart with scrolls to either side, a narrow transverse rib forming a straight edge above the heart and two pierced circular attachment lugs projecting from the lower edge below the heart. In the centre of the upper straight side is a broken, ungilded scar where a missing element, probably a pierced lug forming the eye, has broken off. Gilding on the reverse survives only within the stamped maker's mark, R. Post-medieval eye plates are less commonly found than the dres…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-26FEF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The band is flat internally, with nine angled concave mouldings separated by segmented ribs externally. Each moulding is engraved with a floral spray consisting of either a pointed flower head on a stem with two pairs of leaves or a five petalled flower above a single pair of leaves, both types with a transverse line with radiating lines below at the base indicating the ground. The type and orientation of the flower heads are arranged (up and down being arbitrary) - pointed down, pointed up, five petals down, pointed up, pointed down, five petals up, pointed…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AB3763
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver dress pin of the bodkin type. Rectangular-sectioned with slightly convex sides, tapering gradually from the pointed upper end to the blunt lower end. At the upper end on both faces a longitudinal groove runs through a circular piercing and rectangular slot before tapering to a point, the pin is otherwise plain. Now bent almost in half. Length (unbent) 92mm. Maximum width 4mm. Maximum thickness 2mm. Weight 3.52g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AA0079
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver, gilded cap hook with circular-sectioned S-shaped hook soldered to the reverse, broken next to the edge of the plate and now separate but joining. Discoidal plate with grooves around the edge creating segmented sides and border around a slightly recessed front face which has in low relief ihc within a circular cell at the centre of a rose formed from five inner and five outer petal cells. The cells are keyed and gilded, the raised divisions between the cells, segmented border, sides, reverse and pin were either not gilded or the gilding has worn away. The cells ar…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-F00D65
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck tertiary flake of unpatinated semi-translucent light brown flint. One lateral edge damaged in antiquity, the other recently damaged. Measuring 42 x 23 x 11mm.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 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-EFE9DE
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age small single platform flint core of unpatinated black and grey flint made from a hard hammer struck large flake. Measiring 48 x 44 x 26mm.
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-D8E460
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable silver ingot. Rectangular-sectioned with irregular but unbroken terminals and multiple shallow transverse hammer marks on the long faces. Measuring 13 x 6 x 5mm. Weight 1.77g / 27.4 grains. The weight of 27.4 grains corresponds very closely with 1 avoirdupois dram (27.3grains) although this is probably a coincidence. The hammer marks may indicate a Late Saxon date.
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Record ID: NMS-D5551A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver, gilded finger ring. The band is faceted externally to form concave lozengiform fields with smaller triangular fields between, rising to form a point where the corners of four fields meet. The surviving triangular fields are plain, the lozengiform fields engraved with four lines forming a border around a star or sunburst formed from radiating engraved lines. Plain internally. The surviving fragment consists of one complete lozengiform field and two incomplete. Width of band 6mm. Weight 0.6g. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. For b…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-B3B940
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Integral bezel consisting of an octofoil with a central collet containing a blue glass cabochon. Each foil is concave on the upper face and alternately plain and engraved with splayed lines. The shallow D-sectioned band is broken on both sides of the bezel immediately after a transverse rib. Traces of gilding survive on the front and reverse of the bezel and band. Width of bezel 13.5mm. Height including glass 4mm. Weight 1.2g. Circa 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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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
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Record ID: NMS-9D4408
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Anglo-Saxon silver and copper-alloy boss from unidentified object. Domed, formed from three layers; an upper silver decorated dome over a layer of corroded copper alloy before a further silver layer. Parts of the edge of the upper silver dome may be original, but the lower two layers have no original surviving edge. Decorated with a triquetra in very low relief within a border defined by engraved lines, with gilding surviving between the raised lines. Dimensions: Surviving diameter 14-16mm. Height at least 9mm. Weight 5.2g. Discussion: The function and identity …
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6E189B
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver composite dress hook. Trefoil back-plate cusped around the edge supporting three hemispherical bosses with engraved angled lines either side of a median line to indicate a leaf on the flange between each boss. Each boss has two large filigree wire circles with pellets within and between and at the apex of each dome. A separate silver sexfoil sheet at the centre of the three bosses is secured through the back-plate by a dome-headed butterfly clip. There is a separate rectangular sectioned rectangular loop for attachment and an incomplete hook soldered to the revers…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6DAFAC
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dispersed late Bronze Age hoard of copper-alloy objects, consisting of: 1. Socketed axehead. Slightly miscast sub-rectangular mouth with a prominent moulding above a shallow moulding, D-sectioned side loop, rectangular-sectioned body flaring slightly to the curved cutting edge which has slight but probably not very ancient damage. Cast decoration in the form of six vertical lines terminating in pellets on each face. Casting seam more prominent on the loop and near the mount. Fragments of organic material, probably wood, survive in the socket. Length 116mm. Mouth 40 x 41mm. Cuttin…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6D5379
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver wire suspension ring. Circular-sectioned with the slightly thinner ends overlapping and wrapped around the ring in the form of a slip-knot. The ring is cracked in several places and part of the 'knot' is missing with four relatively fresh breaks. Maximum diameter of the wire 3mm. With of ring 28mm. Height of ring 28mm. Weight 3.3g. For similar examples see a copper alloy suspension ring attached to a pin or toilet article from Heacham, Norfolk (NMS-CCD5C0), attached to tweezers from Methwold, Norfolk (HER 4780, NMS-E44625), and to a Late Saxon key (KENT-998C0D). See also sim…
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-6D0C5B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver spoon knop of seal top type. From the top down; plain disc, narrow fluted baluster, constriction, tapering fluted baluster, two plain narrow mouldings, short length of hexagonal-sectioned stem before break. The end of the stem is damaged, perhaps partially molten or miscast on one side. Length (excluding surviving stem) 23.5mm. Diameter of disc 15mm. Weight 11.8g. For a very similar example on a complete spoon see Gask (1926, 88 and pl.XIII, no.3). 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 14th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1EFAF8
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
24 Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck simple retouched flake tools and debitage, mostly of unpatinated mottled grey and black flint. Largest: 94 x 70 x 20 mm. Smallest: 30 x 12 x 5.5 mm. Finder's no.7.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th 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-1ED8B3
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Neolithic to Bronze Age cores, one single platform and the other multi-platform, of slightly iron stained mottled grey flint and hard hammer struck. Multi-platform core: 73 x 57 x 53 mm. Single platform core: 47 x 60 x 48 mm. Finder's no. 7.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1EBCC7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three hard hammer struck Neolithic flakes, two tertiary, one secondary, all of unpatinated mottled grey flint and with areas of steep retouch. Largest: 59 x 53 x 11 mm. Smallest: 42 x 29 x 10 mm. Finder's no. 6.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1EA912
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic hard hammer struck tertiary flake of unpatinated mid- grey flint with semi-invasive retouch to the edges; unusually (and mostly) on the ventral face, of unpatinated mid- grey flint, function uncertain. 58 x 35 x 10 mm. Finder's no. 5.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1E50E5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary hard hammer struck notched flake tool of lightly patinated mid-grey flint. 51 x 31 x 8 mm. Finder's no.3.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1E24C6
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight Neolithic to Bronze Age simple flake tools and debitage, mostly unpatinated mottled grey hard hammer struck flint with some areas of steep retouch. Largest: 60 x 28 x 6.5 mm. Smallest: 36 x 17 x 5 mm. Finder's no. 2.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1E06B9
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic unpatinated black flake, appears to be a possible sub-triangular arrowhead with transverse bending fractures to both the distal and proximal ends, this is usual damage for an arrow that has hit a hard surface. It is manufactured quickly from a flat secondary flake with a small patch of weathered cortex on the dorsal face towards the distal end and is only slightly retouched in places to correct the curvature and improve symmetry. 26 x 18 x 3 mm. Finder's no. 1.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1B9116
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine Neolithic to Bronze Age simple flake tools and debitage, mostly unpatinated tertiary flakes with areas of steep retouch and three with semi-circular notches. Largest: 66 x 27 x 7 mm. Smallest: 19 x 16 x 3 mm. Finder's no 1.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A07C7B
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver possible whistle, rattle or handle. Sheet-metal tube open at one end, now broken and distorted, inserted into a separate rounded terminal with a triple moulded collar and terminating in a loop across which it is now broken. There is engraved decoration before the terminal in the form of zigzag lines with multiple closely spaced vertical lines between and crosshatched lozenges between each 'peak'. A separate circular silver plate with an off-centre hole and a scar from possible solder may originally have been attached to the open end. Three links of a copper alloy …
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-9F69A6
Object type: CORE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small Neolithic opposed platform core of lightly patinated mottled grey flint with a patch of cortex on the ventral face. Multiple hard hammer flake scars to the dorsal face. Measuring 43 x 38 x 21mm.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 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-0BF886
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Three fragments of a medieval silver sheet object, possibly a scabbard chape, dating to c. AD 1200-1300. All three are decorated on one face with fields defined by engraved lines and filled with either rocker-arm engraving or niello. The other face is undecorated. The original find was too fragmentary to discern a possible pattern; the addition of two joining pieces show that there appears to be an abstract foliate design. Fragment 1: No original edge, broken across at least one rivet or attachment hole. The fragment is too small to determine what the decoration depi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-0B22DB
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver eye-plate from a dress fastener. The flat-sectioned plate is in the form of a large lobe forming the main part of the plate, with a smaller oval lobe with a transverse rectangular slot forming the eye at one end and three small pierced lobes for attachment arranged one on either side and one at the rear. Engraved decoration consists of a single line following the edge around a central stem with four leaves and a trefoil flower. The reverse is engraved AC. Length 28mm. Width 16.5mm. Thickness less than 1mm. Weight 1.68g. For broadly similar objects with simil…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-09B90A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval silver annular brooch, in two pieces. Rectangular-sectioned twisted frame with two mounts in the form of sexfoil flowers soldered to the upper face, each petal concave on the upper face around a central convex boss. The mounts have been trimmed to the shape of the petals. Slight traces of gilding. Not enough survives to estimate the original diameter. Diameter of bosses 9mm. Width of frame 2mm. Weight 1.0g. For a similar example see BUC-25AA82. Late 13th - early 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-E16D81
Object type: BURNT FLINT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One white patinated fire cracked flint. Possibly prehistoric. Weight: 70g.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-E161D9
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixteen Neolithic to Bronze Age hard hammer struck flakes and simple flake tools, ten secondary and six tertiary. Some steeply retouched in places, no scrapers noted. Largest: 58 x 28 x 11 mm. Smallest: 28 x 20 x 4 mm.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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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
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Record ID: NMS-78E5E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring of the Fede type. The rectangular-sectioned band expands smoothly to form the bezel, which is crudely engraved to represent two clasped hands, with a pair of transverse lines to either side probably indicating cuffs. Now slightly squashed, cracked at the rear of the hoop, with a small part of one side of the bezel missing. Measuring 20 x 21mm. Width of bezel 5.5mm. Weight 1.58g. For examples executed in a similar style see BH-F24F68, LON-3E20A2 and HAMP-9E4BC9. Circa 1400 - 1500.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-761232
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron horseshoe. Corroded, one heel missing, with at least two nails. Surviving length 109mm. Width at least 112mm. Width of web up to 38mm. There is no evidence of a fuller, clip or calkins although corrosion may be obscuring features and breaks. Probably late 13th - 16th century. (Clark, 1986). No. 6.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-75C6B3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy strap fitting. Semi-circular, broken at one end, slightly hollow-backed, with radiating grooves on the upper face. Two incomplete rectangular-sectioned integral attachment spikes on the reverse. Measuring at least 35mm (44 reconstructed) x 20mm. Circa 17th century. No. 63.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-759ABD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend. irregular and squashed with no surviving pottery. Measuring 33 x 43mm. Probably medieval. No. 65.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-CF4D93
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver cuff-link of Lewis' (2013) Type B. Two sheet discs with a downturned flange around the edge and separate soldered wire loop on the reverse connected by an oval wire loop which is stamped with an indecipherable maker's mark. Both discs decorated alike with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows with four droplets below reserved on a stippled field. One disc is incomplete with the only surviving part of the flange now separate from the disc. Diameter of complete disc 16.5mm. Weight 1.69g. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-CD4689
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver brooch. Annular frame, flat on the reverse and slightly convex on the upper face, engraved with four animal heads with annulets for eyes and pointed ears arranged in facing pairs either side of the constriction for the (missing) pin and transverse groove forming the pin rest. A brambled boss (multiple closely spaced annulets) separate the pairs of heads on each side of the frame. Gilded. See BH-DB9C1B and NMS-15AD60 for examples of a similar form. Diameter 14mm. Width of frame 2mm. Weight 0.37g. Circa 13th century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-BC99D4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver annular brooch. The frame is flat on the reverse and convex on the upper face, in the form of a two snakes, the smaller snake wrapped around one half of the larger, the separate heads and a fragment of wire forming the tip of a tail soldered onto the frame so there is a head at either end of the pin when the brooch is closed. The sheet pin has a double rib before the loop. The half of the frame formed by the body of the larger snake is decorated with a zigzag triple rib with crosshatching in the resulting triangular fields to either side. The other half of the frame has…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2016
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8288CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame with narrowed bar with a short projection at either end of each concave side. Pin missing. Measuring 34 x 31mm. Circa 1500 - 1650.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-82609D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end. Rectangular plate tapering very slightly towards the terminal, one copper alloy rivet at the attachment edge and one above the lozengiform terminal knop, with a probably forked spacer visible on either edge through orange corrosion probably from iron. The front and back-plates are both plain. Length 43mm. Width 14mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-823D9E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, bar and pin missing, triangular outside edge with a notch to either side of a rounded apex, decorated with an engraved single line border forming a triangle either side of a central transverse band of engraved rockerarm. Surviving dimensions 21 x 45mm. See Whitehead (2003, 25, no.117) for a broadly similar example. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-819797
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, off-set, narrowed bar, pin missing, expanded angled outside edge engraved with an opposed spiral / scroll design. Measuring 22 x 29mm. See Whitehead (2003, 20, no.66) for a similar example. 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2016
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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
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Record ID: NMS-2DDFC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold posy ring. Very shallow D-sectioned band decorated externally with three rows of stamped square cells leaving a grid pattern in low relief. There is no trace of inlay surviving in the cells. Inscribed internally in roman capitals CONTINV x CONSTANT x. A small worn mark at the beginning of the inscription is probably another x. The ring is now bent out of shape and damaged in several places. Both the external decoration and internal inscription have several parallels including LON-DD00A6 and IOW-1C6D62. Width of band 3mm. Now measuring 24 …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-183C7E
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age penannular ring fragment, or 'ring money'. Sub-oval-section, slightly flattened on the upper and lower face, with a copper alloy core and outer banded gold sheath. The banding appears lighter with an almost silvery colour on the outer face and a darker, slightly blackened appearance on the inner face. Broken at both ends with possible traces of having been cut or chopped. The exposed copper alloy surface is fairly corroded, suggesting ancient breaks. See NMS-5D0C86 for a similar complete example. Weight 5.7g. Width 8.5mm. Surviving diameter 17.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-049B31
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver grosso of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Rome, 1492-1503, adapted by the cutting out of a disc from the centre of the coin. The reason for this is uncertain; annular brooches are known which have been similarly treated but they are generally over two centuries earlier in date and have a hole drilled in the perimeter to accommodate a pin. The fashion for making annular brooches out of coins seems to have died out long before the last decade of the 15th century when this grosso was struck. It is probable that another function was intended for this large silver washer but wha…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-EDAEB2
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
SF4. Context 1046. Silver-gilt dress fastener. Length 13mm. Width 8mm. Weight 0.6g. Dress fastener consisting of a single piece of circular sectioned wire formed into a spiral 'figure of eight' which would have been sewn onto a garment, ending in a hook with a rounded end. The hook is applied to an incomplete decorative plate, upon which there is partly visible some filigree work. This type of dress hook is classified as a Read (2008) Class B Type 2, 3 or 4 (unknown which type as plate is incomplete; nos. 597-605). Early post-medieval. Read, B. 2008. Hooked-Cl…
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-706644
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck blade-like flake, broken transversely with the proximal end missing. It is of unpatinated mid-grey flint with steep non-invasive retouch applied with direct percussion to the ventral face along one edge, the other edge exhibits fine use wear. Perhaps used as backed blade or simple knife. 37 x 24 x 8 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-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-70453C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck simple flake tool of unpatinated mid-grey flint with a steeply retouched notch one edge towards the distal end. 39 x 29 x 9 mm. Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck blade-like flake with two small notches to one lateral edge. 47 x 16 x 6 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-702E0D
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary semi-hard hammer struck blade of unpatinated dark brown flint with two steeply retouched notches to one edge, the other edge has one larger notch towards the proximal end. Perhaps used to debark arrow shafts or similar. 58 x 17 x 5 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-701F8C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck blade-like flake, struck from a single platform core. It is of unpatinated mottled grey flint with use wear or damage to both lateral edges. 65 x 28 x 12 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-700EC5
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic to Bronze Age secondary hard hammer struck flake with possible steep retouch or damage to one edge towards the proximal end. 28 x 26 x 9 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-6FA0F0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver finger ring. The rectangular-sectioned band is inscribed externally in black letter with the names of the three kings or magi, + caspar x melchiar x baltasar. The inscription starts with a cross-corsslets and each word is separated by a small x. Black letter was used to inscribe rings from the mid 14th to 16th century (Oman, 1974, 5). For a similar but fragmentary ring see NMS-EDFA64. The names of the three kings were a popular as amuletic charms in the later medieval period. Probably 14th - 15th century. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-55F880
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver button. Solid circular head, convex on the upper face, flat on the reverse with a separate soldered wire loop. No decoration survives but the upper face appears to be heavily worn. Diameter 14mm. Height 8mm. Weight 3.1g. Probably 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
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Record ID: NMS-EEFD8D
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Clay pipe bowl with mark in low relief consisting of three transverse lines connected by a median vertical line.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-DCA196
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17 bronze socketed axes, 7 socketed axe fragments, two sheet fragments, one blade fragment, one knife and one winged axe fragment were found whilst metal-detecting in August 2006. 1070 Socketed Axe - Southern English Ribbed Type Complete socketed axe, sub-square mouth with double mouth moulding from which loop springs, four ribs on each face, edges to face sharply defined by a rib extending part way down blade, sides slightly concave before expanding out to asymmetrically curved sharpened blade edge, several very small holes in surface of faces (possibly casting flaws), casting flash…
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1BA817
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative bow brooch with rear hook (Mackreth 2011 CD RH). Both C-sectioned wings broken, with an angled transverse groove surviving on one and possible traces of solder on the reverse, D-sectioned bow with a groove along either edge. Pin, spring, rear-hook and lower part of bow missing. Surviving width 18mm. Surviving length 23mm. Circa AD 43 - 65. Finder's reference AB436.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1B8E46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative bow brooch with hinged pin (Mackreth 2011 CD H). Tubular wings holding corroded iron axis bar and fragment of copper alloy pin, D-sectioned bow broken before foot. Very worn with slight traces of grooves on the wings and bow. Width 35mm. Surviving length 23mm. Circa AD 50 - 150. Finder's reference AB409.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1B5D06
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy purse frame fragment. C-sectioned frame broken at both ends and across one attachment, decorated with pairs of angled engraved lines. Now twisted. Surviving length 49mm. Width 7.5mm. 15th - 16th century. Finder's reference AB433.
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2016
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