Neolithic flint factory at Chiswick Hall Farm (EHER 3908)

A Neolithic flint factory was found at Chiswick Hall Farm in the early 20th century. The flint implements from this site include polished axes, rough chipped adzes and picks, scrapers, points, knives and hammer stones.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Neolithic site. Flints in Saffron Walden Museum: 1 utilised flake or scraper worked along one edge and measuring 2 x 1.75", 1 utilised flint flake 2.25 x 1.5", 3 scrapers and 1 side scraper, 4 concave scrapers, 9 utilised flakes also utilised flakes and miscellaneous struck flakes observed. <1> <2> Odd wasters of flint with bulbs of percussion and conchoidal fracture found in 1950. <3> A Neolithic factory site was found at Chrishall by LV Nash of Elmdon, in a field west of the bridle road that runs south-west from Chiswick Hall and west of High Wood (longitude 0 degrees 6' 14" E, latitude 52 degrees 0' 35" N) (TL 4445 3673). The implements "typical of those from Newport and other sites" consist of polished axes, adzes, picks, scrapers (of different forms), points, flake knives, hammerstones etc. <3> - <5> In 1975 the area was on north-west sloping clay under plough (see 3909). <6>