Late Neolithic flints, Baythorne End (EHER 7355)

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Summary

Late Neolithic worked flints recovered from fieldwalking.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 722 428 (161m by 282m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish	BIRDBROOK, BRAINTREE, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic - 2900 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Field adjacent to cropmark site (EHER 7026) walked in 1984-1985. Worked flint was found, including two leaf shaped arrowheads and one knife. From the small amount of material it is possible to discern an early through to Late Neolithic industry having been present on the site. <1> <2>

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<1> SEX23974 MENTION: Priddy, D.A.. 1987. SMR.
<2> SEX23975 Article in serial: Acquier, J.F.. 1986. Group Fieldwork Reports 1984-5. Haverhill and District Archaological Group newsletter. 4. Vol 4, No 2, pp90-91.

Related Events (1)

Field Survey: Field survey by Haverhill and District Archaeology Society at Baythorne End, 1984-1985 (EEX23973)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL74-066
NRHE identifier: 763702
National Monuments Record: TL 74 SW 54

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