Early Bronze Age flint dagger from Beavis Hall (EHER 49879)

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Summary

An Early Bronze Age flint dagger which has been mounted in a modern (possibly Bakelite) handle. The handle is probably at the wrong 'end'. It was found in 1926 and presented to the Southend Library and Museum in 1958.

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Grid reference	TL 8252 0952 (point)
Civil Parish	LANGFORD, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 1601 BC)

Description

A beaker period (Early Bronze Age) dagger or knife blade, mounted into a modern (possibly Bakelite) handle. The handle is probably at the wrong 'end'. Such Early Bronze Age dagger blades are often found as an accompaniment to a Beaker burial, together with pottery beakers and sometimes tanged and barbed arrowheads. This specimen was found at Beavis Hall (EHER 38952, part of the Southend Waterworks property, see also EHER 8014) in 1926, and presented to the Museum in 1958. In life the dagger would also have had a handle (made of bone or wood, probably). <1> <2>

Finds

DAGGER (Early Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 1601 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX74595 DESC TEXT: Southend Library and Museum. 2023. Langford dagger.
<2> SEX74596 Photograph: Southend Library and Museum. Langford dagger.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Beavis Hall, Langford, 1926 (EEX62134)

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