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Chance find by unknown at Pledgdon Sandpit, Elsenham, 1935-1945 - EEX62063

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Location

Grid reference TL 5422 2686 (point)
Map sheet TL52NW
Civil Parish ELSENHAM, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Date

01 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1945 at some time

Description

Archaeological discoveries were made during sand digging. The work began in 1935 and the earliest documentation is from 1945. Potentially the discoveries took place during work in the 10 years between.

Sources

  • <1> Monograph: Gibson, A. M.. 1982. Beaker domestic sites: a study of the domestic pottery of the late 3rd and early 2nd millennia BC in the British Isles, BAR 107. p.142.

Related Monuments/Buildings (6)

  • Iron Age finds at Pledgdon Sandpit (Find Spot)
  • Lower Palaeolithic Levallois flakes at Pledgdon Sandpit (Find Spot)
  • Mesolithic flint finds at Pledgdon Sandpit (Find Spot)
  • Neolithic dwelling pit at Pledgdon Sandpit (Monument)
  • Possible Anglo-Saxon inhumations at Pledgdon Sandpit (Monument)
  • Roman quern and pottery sherds at Pledgdon Sandpit (Find Spot)

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