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-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-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-ADCA16
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Rectangular Carolingian-style silver mount, partly gilded and inlaid with niello, and decorated with Carolingian-style plant ornament. The front of the mount, which has high, curved sides, is decorated in relief, the higher-relief sections of the design inlaid with niello and the lower-relief sections gilded. The selective gilding appears to be deliberate, rather than the result of wear on the higher relief elements of the design. The design is centred around an X-shaped cross in high relief, with the arms curving inwards to form two back-to-back C shapes (when the mount …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-22D466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver brooch. Originally cross-shaped, the fragment consists of the splayed or pelta-shaped terminal of one arm, with just over one coil of an incomplete integral spring projecting from the edge and coiling under the plate. The plate is broken along the straight edge of a further panel forming the arm of the cross or perhaps the centre of the brooch. The terminal probably originally joined the terminals of the neighbouring arms to form apertures in the internal angles of the cross, across which the plate is now broken. The termi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3643E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver brooch with none of the original outer edge surviving. The plate is in the form of a cross with a separate central decorative silver dome-headed rivet. Each arm of the cross is decorated with a panel of similar but different geometric, perhaps interlaced, decoration reserved on a field of niello, much of which is missing. The quality of the engraving is not high. Each panel is edged with a reserved border, and the central rivet is also surrounded by a reserved border. The arms of the cross flare towards the breaks, and the plat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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-0F87A2
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tremissis or pseudo-tremissis of the 7th century, which has been pierced and gilded for use as a pendant. The tremissis is a coin type widely issued by the Merovingian Franks in this period, but also produced by the Anglo-Saxons and Frisians. Such coins were produced in fairly good gold at the beginning of the century, but with the gold contained declining as the century progressed, with the gold increasingly replaced by silver. The design on this example is relatively crude, and could represent either a Merovingian coin or an imitation produced elsewhere. Its gold content is c. 41-4…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crimplesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B81F01
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver hooked tag of probable late Anglo-Saxon date. The plate is circular with two circular perforations at one end, for attachment to clothing by sewing. At the other end is a complete rearward-facing hook, curving back beneath the object and ending in a sharp point. The front of the plate is decorated with a nielloed cruciform motif set within a circular border. The design has been engraved and followed by very fine pecking, created by repeatedly tapping, punching or rocking an engraving tool. The design is slightly worn in places. The back of the plate is plain but he…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haveringland', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: NMS-A13EDD
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon gold C-bracteate. The repoussé decoration depicts a highly stylised horse and over-large bearded male head in profile facing right with four pellets below his triangular nose, a round eye with two lines indicating the lower eyelid and a hairstyle ending with a round coil and tail at the back and a triangle with a spiral in the front. The horse has a triangular ear, gaping mouth and small eye. Between the broad neck and the lower trunk are two dots. Above the large round hip and tail are two further dots. One short hindleg ends in a broad foot. The front legs are detached …
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lessingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A9E816
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT Late 9th - 10th century silver pendant. Description Undecorated silver Thor's hammer pendant, the suspension loop missing. For discussions of this class of Viking object see Treasure Annual Report 2002 no. 44 and Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 98.
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-35FDF0
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure report from Dr. A. Rogerson: Silver Thor's hammer pendant, suspension loop missing and "handle" slightly bent. There is no decoration and a shallow groove along one side of the "head" is a casting mark. See discussion of such objects and description of another example from this parish by B. Ager in Treasure Annual Report 2003 (2005), 74-5, no.98. Late 9th - 10th century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E48FB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver with "chip carved" Style I decoration. Breaks are ancient, no sign of damage by cremation. The rounded form and arrangement of decoration are reminiscent of the footplate and side lobes of a great square-headed brooch, in particular of a Hines' group IV example from Rothley, Leicestershire (Hines, 1997, 338, fig.27, pl.17b). Weighing 2.58g, measuring 17 x 15mm. Early 6th century.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Saturday 26th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-934673
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The 'West Norfolk' hoard of 132 early-medieval gold coins and 4 early-medieval gold objects. One coin (no. 117) was found in 1990 and is not part of Treasure case 2015T231, which covers all the rest of the coins and objects. Coin no. 120 is still missing, and coin no. 67 is listed here out of sequence due to a revised identification. Catalogue of coins [AP]: The numbering follows that in Marsden and Pol 2020, 405-7. A question mark implies a degree of uncertainty. ‘Fineness’ is an approximate percentage of gold in the alloy, established by specific gravity. Minted i…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-511A83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One arm and part of the bow of an Early Saxon copper alloy Anglian equal-armed brooch. Sub-triangular head-plate with no visible trace of decoration. Circa half of the bow survives, flat-backed with a slightly convex upper face. The pin lug on reverse is almost completely obscured by corroded iron from the pin. Surviving length 24mm. Surviving width 24mm. Mid - late 5th century. For a similar example See NMS-BC1122 and an example from inhumation 46 Spong Hill, Norfolk (Hills et al., 1984, 148, fig.101, no.2). ES2.
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2012
Last updated: Saturday 27th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6FBC80
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Late Saxon pennies found 30m apart. Both are PAX type pennies of Harold II Godwinson dating to 1066 and both are, furthermore, struck from the same pair of dies. The moneyer is Godric of Thetford. It is inconceivable that two coins of this period struck from the same pair of dies could have come to be lost separately so closely together and we are surely dealing with part of a group of coins that went into the ground together. Such a group, of two silver coins or more and of more than 300 years age, qualifies as Treasure. The coins are rather flat-struck but have seen little …
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-954C64
Object type: SLEEVE CLASP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Saxon silver gilt wrist-clasp hook-plate of Hines form C3. The hook itself is missing. Its scar at the break, flush with the front edge, is rather smooth, and may have been deliberately filed flat. On the rear edge two T-shaped spigots served to attach the clasp to the garment. On the front chip-carved ornament consists of two symmetrically arranged Style I animals between scroll motifs near the sides. A small roundel lies just in front of both spigots. In the centre a large mask motif faces to the rear. About half a larger but less prominent roundel survives in front of the hea…
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', 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-840EB5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon incomplete bridle mount or cheek piece decorated with engraved Ringerike style ornament. A terminal loop joins a D-section shank on which there is a small boss before an expansion with moulded sides. An arm projecting at right angles from the junction is also moulded and has engraved decoration. It is pierced near the end by a rectangular hole that is round and countersunk on the reverse, and is surrounded by a small amount of iron staining. The junction is pierced by a similar rectangular hole slightly off-centre. The reverse of the junction is very roughly finished and th…
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 12th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.