Neolithic basalt axe, Near Great Chesterford (EHER 4917)

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Summary

Neolithic, perforated basalt axe, found 1869.

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Grid reference	TL 50 43 (point)
Civil Parish	GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Neolithic, perforated basalt axe, found 1869. <1> Now in Saffron Walden Museum, found at Great Chesterford. <2> - <6> Site Assessment: Accession number? NRHE data transfer: no new information.

Finds

AXE (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL54SW39, 1974.
<3> SEX726 Artifact: Saffron Walden Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Saffron Walden Museum.
<4> SEX1340 Article in serial: Morris, G.. 1923. Some Neolithic Sites in the Upper Valley of the Essex Cam. Essex Naturalist. 20. 49-68, 296-297. p.55.
<5> SEX1315 Bibliographic reference: Fox, C.. 1923. Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. p.3.
<6> SEX188 Monograph: Doubleday, H.A.. 1903. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH). p.272.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown from near Great Chesterford, in 1869 (EEX64344)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL54
NRHE identifier: 374317
National Monuments Record: TL 54 SW 39

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