Record ID: NMS-FA2190
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gilded silver annular brooch. The openwork frame is flat sectioned, consisting of an internal ring with sixteen conjoined scallop-shell or fan-shaped projections (eleven of which survive) around the outer edge with a small circular hole between each one. One of these holes is expanded and the internal ring narrowed to hold the (missing) pin. The internal ring is decorated with an incised single line border around the inner and outer edge with angled grooves between, within which traces of niello survive. Although still in one piece, the frame is broken across its full width…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-606591
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant. Suspension mount broken across two rivet holes at upper edge, the upper half wedge-shaped, the side edges on the lower half triple-lobed either side of a trefoil field, now empty, with a rivet below. Double pierced lugs project from the lower edge retaining an axis bar from which langs a lozengiform pendant from a transverse-pierced lug, with rounded lobes projecting from each side of the lozenge, two of which survive. There is a blue enamelled quatrefoil at the centre of the pendant. For a similar pendant see NMS-0121D4 and NMS-6F9874. Mount …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-5FBDB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle apparently made from a strap-slide. Rectangular frame with convex sides, outside edge and attachment edge. There are two short internal projections. The outside edge is cast in the form of a stylised king's head longitudinally set with triple-lobed crown and large, angular nose. Sub-rectangular sheet plate with hole for large sheet pin, broken just past fold, front-plate missing, with a single copper alloy rivet at attachment end. The internal projections may be the remains of a broken transverse bar, the breaks made smooth as part of the repair, or …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
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Record ID: NMS-8B3A40
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Material: Garnet Height: 20mm, width: 17mm, weight: 14.5g Condition: Fracture on the dome of the head with several cracks and small chips. Chipped at the neck on the right. The short neck is polished with a shallow line engraved at the front. This was probably already cut down from a longer neck in Antiquity when it was most likely inserted into a bust made of another precious material. Description: A miniature head of Socrates. He is shown bearded, with a bald pate and with long hair at the back. He has a round face with characteristically prominent cheekbones and brow, and wit…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.