Chance find by Mr Sydney Hiscock, gravel pit at Little Annis, Shalford, 1922 - EEX63269
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 7135 2665 (point) This is the centre of the gravel pit depicted on the contemporary Ordnance Survey map. |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL72NW |
| Civil Parish | SHALFORD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Unassigned
Date
01 Jun 1922 - 30 Jun 1922 at some time
Description
In June 1922, Mr Sydney Hiscock, at that time the school-master of Shalford, near Braintree, discovered seven cinerary urns of the late Bronze Age in a gravel pit situated in the east corner of a field called Little Annis, in the parish of Shalford (O.S. 6-inch, Essex, xxiv., N.E., second field west of 'F.P.' above Yorney Wood). He was led to the discovery by noticing, in a section of the gravel, a depression of soil that showed slight but unmistakable traces of black earth; no barrow marked the spot, alt hough there is a mound near-by, about 4 feet high, which has not yet been disturbed.
Sources
- <1> SEX35033 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1969. Ordnance Survey 1:10560 (6 inch) Post War National Grid. 1950.
- <2> SEX706 Serial: Essex Archaeological Society. 1926. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Series 2, Volume 17. 2(17). pp. 125-128.
- <3> SEX54230 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1920s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (3rd edition). 25 inch.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- EHER 6238 Middle Bronze Age cemetery (Monument)