Later prehistoric burnt stone and flint, Southminster Residential Care Home, Station Road (EHER 81293)

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Summary

2017 Test Pit 5. One of ten test pits excavated in Southminster as part of the Access Cambridge Archaeology Project. Three pieces of burnt stone and a single worked flint also suggest that there may have been later prehistoric activity on site, although analysis of the lithics would be needed to confirm this.

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Grid reference	TQ 9598 9972 (point)
Civil Parish	SOUTHMINSTER, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Iron Age - 10000 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

April 2017. Access Cambridge Archaeology test pitting. Three pieces of burnt stone and a single worked flint also suggest that there may have been later prehistoric activity on site, although analysis of the lithics would be needed to confirm this. <1>

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<1> SEX72913 Report: Collins, C.. 2019. Archaeological test pit excavations in Southminster, Essex, 2015, 2016 and 2017. p.36.

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Archaeological Intervention: Test pitting by Access Cambridge Archaeology at Southminster, 2017 (EEX59420)

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