Mesolithic flint finds at Pledgdon Sandpit (EHER 4610)
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Summary
Mesolithic flints including blades, flakes, micro and blade cores, scrapers, gravers, axes, and microliths. The finds were discovered during quarrying between 1935-1945.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 542 268 (399m by 589m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ELSENHAM, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import:
In Pledgdon Sandpit, Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Iron Age, Roman and possibly Saxon objects were found. <1>
Mesolithic finds from the pit dwelling include two tranchet axes, 67 cores, 516 blades and flakes, three scrapers, one graver, ten microliths one micro-burin and five other flints. <2> - <5>
The finds are in the British Museum. <6>
April 1975. Field survey.
The pit is worked out; no further finds are known to have been made, and the original finds cannot be located. <7>
See also: <8>
Finds
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BURIN (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROBURIN (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Sources
- <1> SEX6 Monograph: Powell, W.R.. 1963. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol III: Roman Essex (VCH). Victoria County History. p.128.
- <2> SEX16217 DESC TEXT: Wymer, J.J.. 1969. TL52-035.
- <3> SEX824 Artifact: Warren. unknown. Warren.
- <4> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown. Artefact Record.
- <5> SEX10099 Serial: Wymer, J.J. and Bonsall, C.J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 20. p 91.
- <6> SEX3254 Article in monograph: Jacobi, R.M. in Buckley, D.G.. 1980. The Mesolithic of Essex: Archaeology in Essex to AD 1500.
- <7> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F2 PAS 23-APR-75.
- <8> SEX67837 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1986. AERIAL 14/19.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL52-035
- NRHE identifier: 373388
- National Monuments Record: TL 52 NW 8