NHER 28817 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age spearhead and sword blade hoard

February 1992. Area approximately 45m east-to-west and 30m north-to-south, centre is 65m east from west hedge.
Large spread of Late Bronze Age sword and spearhead fragments.
Few Roman sherds and worked flints.
Plot in file.
Probably same as site NHER 1944.
Site visited and plotted by A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 February 1992.

One sword blade fragment joins accession number 87.964 (4), site NHER 1944.
One sword blade fragment joins accession number 108.976, site NHER 1944.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 26 June 1992.

June 1992.
Late Bronze Age spearhead 128m (140yds) south from centre of main hoard concentration.
A. Rogerson (NLA).

Late 1992/early 1993. Metal detector finds.
Few more Late Bronze Age sword and spearhead fragments.
More Roman sherds, flint flakes, medieval sherds.
Lead cake, ?date. See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 8 June 1993.

26/27 September 1994. Excavation.
Investigation of site where Late Bronze Age metalwork previously recovered.
No in situ hoard found.
More Late Bronze Age swords and spears.
Post medieval belt fitting.
See description of work in file and preliminary list of additional finds (drawings of location and trench to follow). The results of this work are summarised in (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 10 October 1994.

5 July 1994. NLA aerial photography.
Hoard site at Waterden, South Creake. Probably the same as site NHER 1944.
No obvious archaeological features discernable. A few anomalies of possible 'natural' origin.
Interesting to note the presence of two ponds in the vicinity and the area is known as 'Spring Close'.
M. Brennand (NLA) 12 February 2001.

August/September 2003. Metal detecting.
Two more Late Bronze Age sword fragments were found approximately 10m west of site of 1994 excavation.
does not join with other pieces in the Hoard.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 19 October 2003.

Metal Detecting 2004-2007.
Tip of spearhead joining one previously found.
See description in file
A. Rogerson (NLA) 7 January 2009