Neolithic axe, near Gosfield (EHER 6189)

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Summary

A Neolithic axe head from Gosfield is in Colchester Museum.

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Grid reference	TL 78 29 (point) Generic location for area - exact NGR not known.
Civil Parish	GOSFIELD, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Neolithic axe head from Gosfield is in Colchester Museum. Accession No. 368.1962. <1> - <4>

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<1> SEX20807 MENTION: Priddy, D.A.. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL71NE16, 1975.
<3> SEX77106 Report: Colchester and Essex Museum. 1962/1963. Colchester Museum Report. p.13.
<4> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum. Acc No 368.1962.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Gosfield, pre-1963 (EEX63528)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL72
NRHE identifier: 378770
National Monuments Record: TL 72 NE 16

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