Palaeolithic worked flint implement, Pryors Farm (EHER 694)
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint implement, unworked at the butt end, was found in a cart way at Pryors Farm, Broomfield, before 1896. It was donated to Colchester Museum and is part of the Mothersole Collection.
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 694 096 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BROOMFIELD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.
Palaeolithic flake, unworked at the butt end, and measures 3 inches by 3 and a half inches, found in a cart way at Pryors Farm, Broomfield. Two worked flints of the same age had been found here previously. In Mothersole collection, now in Colchester Museum but no precise find spot recorded. <1>-<5>
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Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TL60NE40.
- <3> SEX2686 Article in serial: Mothersole, H.. 1896. Notes on some relics of Early Man in the Neighbourhood of Chelmsford. Essex Naturalist. 10. 305-306. Vol 10, p305.
- <4> SEX2504 Artifact: Unknown. unknown. Mothersole.
- <5> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 BHS 06-NOV-75.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL60-021
- NRHE identifier: 375412
- National Monuments Record: TL 60 NE 4