NHER 28826 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic and Roman finds

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Summary

Metal-detecting of river dredgings at this location during or before 1984 recovered a Roman iron socketed spearhead. A Neolithic flint scraper was found here in 2025.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL78NW
Civil Parish HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1984 or before. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found in dredgings of Little Ouse:
1 Early Roman iron socketed spearhead.
Donated to Moyses Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds. See copy of museum record card in file for sketch and further details.
Record sent to NLA by SAU late 1991.
E. Rose (NLA) 20 February 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2016.

June 2025. Stray Find. [2].
Neolithic flint scraper.
Information from PAS import.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2025.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 2001 BC)
  • SPEAR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 18 2026 2:39AM

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