Mesolithic to early Neolithic flake at Stranger’s Way, Church Road (EHER 80417)
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Summary
One pit/tree-throw produced a piece of worked flint of Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. The feature could be a prehistoric pit but is perhaps more likely to be a modern tree-throw with residual flint.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 0796 1788 (69m by 72m) (2 map features) |
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Type and Period
Description
March 2023. Trial trenching.
Three undated ditches and a smaller undated gully were discovered during the evaluation, none of which appear on OS mapping of the area and may predate the late 19th century. One pit/tree-throw produced a piece of worked flint of Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. The feature could be a prehistoric pit but is perhaps more likely to be a modern tree-throw with residual flint. In either case, the presence of the flint does attest to some, probably small-scale and transient, human activity on the development site in the Mesolithic or early Neolithic period.
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Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX75558 Evaluation Report: Holloway, B. and Pooley, L.. 2023. Archaeological evaluation on land to the rear of Stranger’s Way, Church Road, Brightlingsea, Essex, C07 0QT: March 2023.