Record ID: NMS-1DCB33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower bow and foot fragment from a copper alloy Hod Hill Roman brooch. The remnant is a tapering sub-triangular shape and consists of the lower bow, foot, and most of the catchplate. However, the terminal knob at the very end of the foot has detached from an old break. The extant part of the bow is decorated with a central longitudinal raised bordered panel, flanked to either side by a bordered flute. The transition from the bow to the foot is decorated with a double transverse rib with a slightly larger transverse rib just below it. There is no trace of whitemetal coati…
Created on: Sunday 21st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-0D2517
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Terminal fragment of a Roman copper-alloy penannular bead-and-reel bracelet. The short fragment has a curved profile and a sub  "D"-shaped cross-section with a flat back, forming the inside of the bracelet. The fragment has a flat terminal end with three collared beads separated by two reels. The fragment narrows slightly in cross-section over its surviving length. The outside curve is moulded with a central arris along its length, although this could just be the un-fettled casting seam. Each of the beads has longitudinal grooves and th…
Created on: Saturday 20th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 20th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-09B634
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Solid copper alloy side knob from an early Saxon cruciform brooch. The domed knob is fully round with facetted sides to the terminal end, leading via a waisted section to a twin-grooved collar with a flat end, in which there is a linear slot.  A small circular axial hole runs through the entire body from end to end. Circa AD 475-550.  Length 10.9mm, diameter 9.0mm, weight 2.73g
Created on: Saturday 20th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 20th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E9B48B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of solid copper alloy side knob from an early Saxon cruciform brooch. The body is flat on the reverse and comprises a semi-cylindrical attachment end with a waisted middle section, leading to a half-round terminal knob.  A rectangular break to the upper side of the attachment end suggests a missing tab at this point. There is grooved circumferential decoration running around both end sections. A small circular axial hole runs through the entire body from end to end. Circa AD 475-550.  Length 17.5mm, width 9.5mm, thickness 7.5mm, weight 5.40g
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CFE890
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy side knob from an early Saxon cruciform brooch. The body is hollow on the reverse and comprises a rectangular block, flanked at one end by a narrowed trapezoidal tab projecting from its lower inner edge, then via with a waisted section leads to a half-round terminal knob on the other. A remnant of the iron pin axis bar runs axially along the reverse, through entry holes in the hollow rectangular section and the end knob. Circa AD 475-550.  Length 21.4mm, width 10mm, thickness 6mm, weight 9.53g
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CCC8BA
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent, but complete copper-alloy probably Roman pin. Circular hemispherical head curving more tightly at its equator. The first section of the shaft is parallel sided and then swells outwards in the middle section, before tapering gradually back down to a final point. The shaft has a circular cross-section throughout its length. The shape of the head is more Roman than Anglo-Saxon, and the lack of a collar reinforces a likely Roman date. See IOW-313B52 and NMS-53EC44. The dark brown patinated surface is breaking broken down to a light green more powdery surface beneath. C…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-CAF725
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy Roman votive miniature axe. It has a trapezoidal blade that is triangular in section, tapering and curving downwards towards the blunt cutting edge. The butt-end of the axe is a trapezoidal shape and rectangular in section. The circular section handle is represented as passing through the axehead and is located more towards the butt end. The angle is off-perpendicular, causing the axehead to be angled slightly upwards relative to the handle. The axehead has outward flaring collars, top and bottom, where the handle passes through, the topmost of which has three fi…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C2AB52
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy Roman Continental Plate brooch of Mackreth type PL CONT 2.b1. Central elongated rectangular panel originally flanked by side knobs, one of which is now missing from an old break. To the top and bottom of the centre panel are two further triangular projections that Mackreth describes as 'Hod-Hill type foot knobs'  on the reverse of which, at the opposed terminal ends, are the extant remains of the hinged pin fixing and catchplate. The long sides of the central panel are decorated with oblique billet-shaped stamps w…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AA0C85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken copper-alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Mackreth type TR. 1a.1a. Half of the spring mechanism, pin, lower bow, foot, and catchplate are all missing. The trumpet-shaped head from which the brooch gets its name is plain but is moulded around the periphery; with a projecting nib uppermost. Below the head, to one side of a perpendicular loop, half of the spring and the stub of the pin remains. There is a three-disc knob, sometimes referred to as an acanthus moulding, on the upper bow. The outer tiers are fluted into four-petalled mouldings that run entirely around t…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9F08B9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch. The brooch is complete apart from the pin and part of the catchplate. In common with many other objects from this landscape vicinity, the entire brooch is encrusted with an iron-like deposit which obscures the detail. In this respect, the spring and head configuration cannot be properly resolved. The wings are C-shaped and decorated with reels across their width. The bow curves up and over the head, tapering down in width from the head to the foot. It is decorated with longitudinal grooves. Circa AD150-350. Leng…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8B6E05
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and catchplate fragment from a Roman crossbow brooch. A short curving section of the highly arched, wedged-shaped cross-section bow survives, with an angled moulded collar at its base, from which the foot of the brooch projects and tapers in height down to the terminal end. The foot is recessed on one side with a slot to form the catchplate, whilst on the opposite side is a moulded central channel running the length of the foot. With the head, pin, and specifically the spring mechanism missing, it cannot be determined if the brooch is a crossbow (sprung pin) type or a pr…
Created on: Sunday 14th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-568161
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Medieval seal matrix. The matrix is circular and rises through an incurving six-sided facetted body, to a pierced lozenge-shaped narrowed handle. The matrix has a circular border within which is a capitalised crowned W or overlapping V V, with leafy sprigs to either side. The matrix design is probably a stock one (- see WILT-DE9943), and is probably a simple crowned initial rather than being related to the double-V of the Marion cult. The same die design is also found on late Medieval signet finger rings (- see NLM-E8DFF6). The seal is in…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-5617B3
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead or lead alloy Dutch customs alnage seal. This is a one-part, single disc seal that is sub-oval in shape and marked on both faces. The upper face has a square shield bearing a lion rampant and surmounted by a crown, all within what is probably a circle of pellets. The reverse face carries the letters N/R at the edge and the number 448 lower down across the base. Examples of similar seals recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme can be seen at LIN-7F7916, SF-1D07E5, SF-5521B5, HAMP-A68301 and WILT-4FCCD which suggest the seal is likely Dutch…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-D04645
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded late Medieval 15th-century jetton. Probably a Burgundian variety possibly from the reign of Philip Le Bon 1419-1467. The obverse; cannot be resolved but may be a version of the steel and flints type. The reverse is a short-cross patty with leafy ends, trefoil between each arm. Both legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF3410
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Well worn and patinated Post-Medieval cast copper alloy 2-ounce stacking trade weight of Elizabeth I. The weight is flat and discoidal with a raised rim around the upper surface. The reverse has a central circular pit (repeated on the front) and a series of concentric grooves and radiating file marks;- probably associated with manufacture and calibration. The interior is multi-stamped with the marks of a crowned EL (for Elizabeth I), a Ewer (for the London Founder's Company), a sword (The sword of St. Paul for the City of London Guildhall), and a capitalised …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CEECFC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, sub-circular (25.0mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-conical cross-section with an 11mm (at base) to 8.5mm tapering central perforation. The underside has a concentric shrinkage concavity which is a common feature of the casting process for many of these whorls. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval, and early Post-Medieval periods. The hand spindle on …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CE8968
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy domestic vessel leg, probably from a cauldron, posnet, or skillet. Solid and moulded into a lingulate shape (52mm extant length by 25.2mm wide by 18.5mm thick) with an oval cross-section. Broken at both ends, one face has a slightly extended moulded flange, with a central crest, whilst the reverse is plain. The fragment is heavy for its size commensurate with an antimony leaded-bronze alloy that is commonly used for casting cooking vessels - see Dungworth, D. and Nichola, M Caldarium? An antimony bronze used for medieval and post-m…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-93C5D1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded copper alloy possible harness pendant or mount.  The object comprises a thin circular disc with an eighteen-pointed star or sun-like design cast in light relief. The points taper and narrow outwards from the centre to a raised border. The fields between the flares are keyed with remains of what appears to be red enamel. There is damage to the periphery of the mount with a notch of metal torn from the edge, adjacent to which, close to the edge, is a regular 4.1mm diameter circular hole that has been made in the body. The reverse is flat and…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-925F81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy semi-circular lead weight. The weight was probably originally discoidal but has been severed across the centre making it semi-circular in plan. As such the cut is accurate and square-edged, suggesting it has been done deliberately rather than through damage. Similar weights are recorded at YORYM-2C4B44 and  SF-42A486 with dates ranging from late Early Medieval to Post Medieval. There are no obvious decoration or validation marks surviving on either face of this example. The weight is 42.48g or 14.98 ounces. Lead weights were banned …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8E83EC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy probable weight.  Circular with a thin trapezoidal cross-section. The smaller diameter upper surface has incuse lines of surface dots present. It could be concluded that these are placed in groups of three, but it is unclear if they are just damage or were intended as decoration or indicators of unit value. The fact that the larger diameter underside and sides also have these marks, albeit more random in nature and distribution, perhaps suggests that damage is the more likely reason. The underside also has a larger circular pit. The weig…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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