Bronze Age occupation site, Mill Bay, Dovercourt (EHER 3333)

Occupation site containing sherds of domestic and 'B' beaker pottery, and flint scrapers, cores and chips representing waste from an industry.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Occupation site. <1> Beaker pottery and flints. <2> "An important camp site was in process of being eroded during the years 1909 to 1914; it was particularly rich in sherds of `domestic' and B beaker, but no trace was found of Windmill Hill ware. The associated flintwork was unusual, the most conspicuous form being a diminutive side-scraper, which occurred in profusion; there was one delicate flint saw, and a large quantity of small cores and chips. The latter, though extremely `primitive', clearly represented the normal waste of some handicraft, and was not accidental failure like that of the Lion Point cooking hole `108'". Photo of beaker sherd in this source. <3> The finds are in the British Museum. <4> Bronze Age Remains found (NAT) <5> Additional reference <6>