Mesolithic tranchet axe, from Braintree (EHER 18737)

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Summary

Mesolithic tranchet axe found at Braintree, now in Colchester Museum.

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Grid reference	TL 75 23 (point)

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

Mesolithic tranchet axe found at Braintree, now in Colchester Museum. <1> <2> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer. Note: The precise findspot is unknown.

Finds

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. 1981.
<2> SEX10099 Serial: Wymer, J.J. and Bonsall, C.J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 20. p 88.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Braintree, before 1977 (EEX63595)

Other References

NRHE identifier: 379033
National Monuments Record: TL 72 SE 68

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