NHER 5736 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic and Beaker Flint finds at Hadler's Hole

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Summary

Neolithic flints, including a flaked axehead, a spear tip, an adze, and leaf arrowheads were found in 1860. Also found were Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowheads.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TL88NE
Civil Parish	CROXTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Old 6' map - 'flint arrowheads, spearheads and knives found AD 1860'.
Visited 10 January 1936.
Old loam pit with thick tree growth. No traces of human industry except a few pot boilers in field surrounding it.
R. R. Clark (NCM).
Information from (S1). OS card gives more details on flints:
1. Leaf, lozenge, barbed and tanged arrowheads.
2. Javelin blade.
3. Adze and pick.
M.Leah (NAU) 22 January 1991.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Croxton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 NE 4 [2].
<S1> SNF57645 Archive: National Archaeological Record.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (7)

ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SPEAR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)