Prehistoric flint blade, Ardleigh (EHER 18318)

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Summary

A watching brief in 1999 uncovered three were ditches or pits of indeterminate but possibly early date as they may line up with cropmarks. A flint blade that had possibly been retouched was recovered from the subsoil.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 0557 2822 (134m by 96m)
Civil Parish	ARDLEIGH, TENDRING, ESSEX

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Watching brief, 1999 A watching brief in 1999 uncovered six features, three were ditches or pits of indeterminate but possibly early date as they may line up with cropmarks. A flint blade that had possibly been retouched was recovered from the subsoil. <1>

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BLADE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 1000000 BC to 701 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52621 Watching Brief Report: Colchester Archaeological Trust. 1999. A Watching Brief on an Electricity Cable Trench at Ardleigh, Essex.

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Archaeological Intervention: Watching brief by Colchester Archaeological Trust of an Electricity Cable Trench at Ardleigh, 1999 (Ref: Report 34) (EEX52491)

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