Palaeolithic handaxe, flake, and animal remains at Hunnable's Gravel Pit (EHER 6318)
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Summary
Elephant's tooth and possible tusk were found in 1947 in Humnable's gravel pits. A handaxe and two flakes may also have been found in Hunnable's Pit.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 745 228 (260m by 296m) |
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Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import:
Elephant's tooth and tusk found in 1947 in Hunnable's gravel pits (Fields 201 & 204 on OS 25" map 1922). <1> <2>
Kenworthy found bones of horse and elephant and palaeolithic implements in Hunnable's pit. Colchester Museum has a hand-axe and two flakes, possibly from this pit. From the description of the findspots in <3>: "it would seem that all the bones and artefacts came to the position in which they were found after the cutting of the minor valley of the Pods Brook which runs parallel to the Blackwater". <3> - <9>
Note: Apparently Hunnable had two pits (see EHER 6306). The NGR given here would seem to be fit the later, more westerly pit. Possibly Kenworthy' finds came from the earlier, more easterly pit.
See also: <10> - <12>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX76543 Map: Historic England. Annotated Record Map. Major J Brinson Corr 6" 1950. Ref to Mr E R Diss.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. 1950.
- <3> SEX21282 DESC TEXT: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. TL72SW05. p.249.
- <4> SEX21283 DESC TEXT: Dalton, W.H.. 1890. Essex Naturalist. v.4, p.79-82.
- <5> SEX21284 Article in serial: French, J.. 1891. Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. Essex Naturalist. v.5, p.210-219.
- <6> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum.
- <7> SEX21285 LIST: Roe, D.A.. 1968. Notes of geological rambles in the Braintree District in connection. no.8, p.57.
- <8> SEX21286 Article in serial: Unknown. unknown. On the occurrence of Westleton Beds in part of north-western Essex. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia.
- <9> SEX6137 Monograph: Roe, D.A.. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. CBA Research Report. p.57.
- <10> SEX76846 Serial: Essex Archaeological and Historical Congress. 1975. Essex Journal, Volume 10. 10. p 124.
- <11> SEX77514 Serial: Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. 1908. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. p.115.
- <12> SEX76394 Report: Wessex Archaeology. 1997. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report No. 3. p.115.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL72-036
- NRHE identifier: 379047
- National Monuments Record: TL 72 SW 5