Palaeolithic flint flakes from central Chelmsford (EHER 5827)
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Summary
Palaeolithic flint flakes.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 7084 0686 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Palaeolithic flint flakes. Part of Mothersole collection, in Colchester Museum. No accession number or siting information available. <1>-<5>
Palaeoliths from Chelmsford only refered to in 1898. 'They are noted as scarce and none has been located'. <6> <7>
NRHE data transfer:
November 1975. Field survey.
No siting information available. <8>
TL 705065. Mothersole cites `two Palaeolithic' implements and half a dozen flakes' from Chelmsford, but they cannot be traced. <7>
These are possibly the flakes referred to by <9>.
Note: The mapped location is generic and exact findspot is unknown.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL70NW44, 1975.
- <3> SEX188 Monograph: Doubleday, H.A.. 1903. Victoria County History, Essex, Vol I (VCH). p.272.
- <4> SEX37094 Report: Colchester Museum. 1956-1962. Colchester Museum Report. p.7.
- <5> SEX2504 Artifact: Unknown. unknown. Mothersole.
- <6> SEX1628 Monograph: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. The Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p.247.
- <7> SEX19788 Article in serial: Mothersole, H.. 1898. Notes on some relics of early man in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford. Essex Naturalist. pp.305-306.
- <8> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Stevens, P.A., 07-NOV-75.
- <9> SEX76394 Report: Wessex Archaeology. 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No. 3. p.117.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL70
- NRHE identifier: 378315
- National Monuments Record: TL 70 NW 44