Paleolithic hand-axe, Maldon (EHER 7745)

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Summary

One hand-axe. The circumstances of discovery and exact findspot are unknown.

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Grid reference	TL 8500 0700 (point)
Civil Parish	MALDON, MALDON, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 10001 BC)

Description

One hand-axe. In Colchester Museum. <1> <2> Very rolled, ovate hand-axe. No further information on provenance. <3> Site Assessment: Accession number? The circumstances of discovery and exact findspot are unknown.

Finds

HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC to 10001 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum.
<3> SEX1628 Monograph: Wymer, J.J.. 1985. The Palaeolithic Sites of East Anglia. p.254.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Maldon, before 1985 (EEX62265)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TL80-004

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