Find of flint blade and Prehistric pottery, A133 Clacton- Weeley By- Pass (EHER 17819)

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Flint blade findspot. Prehistoric pottery findspot

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Grid reference	TM 161 183 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLE CLACTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

A Flint blade was recovered from the topsoil near the St. Osyth road junction. Herds of pottery dated to the early or middle iron age were recovered from this area after topsoil stripping had taken place. <1>. They could not be associated with cut features although ground conditions were very poor and any features which were present may not have been recognised. <1>.

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--- SEX73069 Serial: Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 2008. Essex Archaeology and History Vol. 39.
<1> SEX60525 DESC TEXT: Wade, A.. 1997. The Archaeological Investigation of the A133 Clacton to Weeley Bypass.
<1> SEX70891 DESC TEXT: Wade, A.. 1998. The Archaeology of the A133 Clacton to Weeley Bypass - Project Archive Report.

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Archaeological Intervention: Excavation by A. Wade at A133 Clacton Weeley Bypass, 1993 (EEX53040)

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