Neolithic polished axehead at Hazel End Farm (EHER 4738)

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Summary

Neolithic flint axe found in field drainage at Hazel End Farm.

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Grid reference	TL 54 28 (point)
Civil Parish	HENHAM, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Neolithic flint axe found in field drainage at Hazel End Farm. This name does not appear on the OS 6" map. The closest placename is Greenend Farm, just within the Henham Parish boundary. Greenend Farm is at TL 556282. <1> <2> In Saffron Walden Museum. <3> Note: this may be the same find as the axe found at Hazel End, Farnham, numbered 189-45 in Saffron Walden Museum or EHER 3865.

Finds

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX16362 DESC TEXT: Essex Naturalist. 1924. Essex Naturalist. v.20, p.55.
<3> SEX726 Artifact: Saffron Walden Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Saffron Walden Museum. 1891-48.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Hazel End Farm, Henham, 1920s (EEX62059)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL52
NRHE identifier: 373387
National Monuments Record: TL 52 NW 7

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