NHER 5579 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic, Roman and medieval finds

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Summary

A prehistoric flint implement which has been identified as probably a Palaeolithic handaxe roughout was found here in 1975. Subsequent metal-detecting in 1998 and 2019 recovered Roman and medieval coins.

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Map sheet	TL78NE
Civil Parish	HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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USE NHER 5579 FOR ALL FINDS RECOVERED FROM THIS SITE.
Finds recovered from this site have also been recorded under NHER 32877, NHER 36156 and NHER 37117.

1973. Stray Find.
Found by [1] at [2]:
1 Palaeolithic large iron-stained flint tool (Coll. No. 219). See drawing (S1).
Information from (S2).
Originally described as a cleaver, but re-identified as probably an unfinished axe roughout by J. J. Wymer (S3).
This discovery was first reported in (S4). It is also noted on (S5) and in (S6).
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2013.

March 1998. Metal-detecting. [3].
1 medieval coin.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 1 May 1998.

September 2019. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Roman coin.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Beers (HES), 7 March 2023 and P. Watkins (HES), 4 February 2024.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF80822 Illustration: Clough, T. 1973. Drawing of a Palaeolithic flint handaxe roughout from Hockwold cum Wilton. Card. 1:1.
<S2> SNF87255 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Palaeolithic.
<S3> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S4> SNF2476 Serial: 1973. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1973. No 20. p 9.
<S5> SNF92480 Record Card: Wymer, J. J. Wymer Index Card - Palaeolithic. Feltwell (Shrub Hill).
<S6> SNF6350 Monograph: Healy, F. 1996. The Fenland Project, Number 11: The Wissey Embayment: Evidence for pre-Iron Age Occupation. East Anglian Archaeology. No 78. Microfiche.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (3)

ROUGHOUT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 40001 BC)
COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Hockwold cum Wilton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jul 23 2025 8:07AM