Neolithic or Bronze Age macehead from Braintree Mill (EHER 6230)
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Summary
Ovoid, quartzite macehead found at Braintree Mill in around 1902.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 75 23 (point) |
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Type and Period
Description
Ovoid, quartzite macehead found at Braintree Mill in around 1902. Measured 3" long x 2" largest diameter. The perforation was cylindrical and 0.75" in diameter. According to a cut-out fixed to the EHER paper record the object is in Braintree Museum and a cast is in Colchester Museum <1> - <8>
See photos of the cast. <1> <2>
Site Assessment: Accession number of item in Braintee Museum?
NRHE data transfer: no new information.
Note: The mapped location is a generic 4-figure grid reference.
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX224 Photograph: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX20931 Photograph: Unknown. 1930. Additions to the Museum. p.8.
- <3> SEX9770 Article in serial: Roe, F.E.S.. 1966. The Battle-Axe Series in Britain. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 32. pp.149-158.
- <4> SEX3919 Serial: Essex Archaeological Society. 1930. Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Series 2, Volume 19. 2(19). p 249.
- <5> SEX20930 Artifact: Braintree Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Braintree Museum.
- <6> SEX5457 Graphic material: Colchester Museum. unknown. ILLUSTRATION Col Mus. Acc No 66.29.
- <7> SEX8781 Report: Colchester Museum. 1929. Colchester Museum Report. p.7.
- <8> SEX2171 Serial: Essex Field Club. 1904. Essex Naturalist, Volume 13. 13. p 95.
Related Events (1)
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL72
- NRHE identifier: 378967
- National Monuments Record: TL 72 SE 40