Neolithic flint working site, House Wood (EHER 4002)

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Summary

Neolithic flint chipping floor.

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Grid reference	TL 495 401 (point)
Civil Parish	LITTLEBURY, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

LITHIC WORKING SITE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Littlebury Home Wood. Neolithic flakes, scrapers and nodules. <1> Neolithic site in a field on the north side of House Wood, north of the Strethall, Littlebury road. The site is on a spur of the escarpment. The worked flint consisted of flakes, scrapers and nodules, mostly unpatinated black with the greenish glaze characteristic of clay sites. A few specimens have 'toad belly' patina. <2> <3>

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL44SE09, 1974.
<3> SEX14366 Article in serial: Morris, G.. 1923. Neolithic sites in the Upper Valley of Essex Cam. Essex Naturalist. 20. p.62.

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL44-033
NRHE identifier: 371071
National Monuments Record: TL 44 SE 9

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