Mesolithic tranchet axe from the area of Orsett Causewayed Enclosure (EHER 8932)

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Summary

One of three flints collected from the ploughed surface in the winter of 1992/1993.

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Grid reference	TQ 6512 8055 (point)
Unitary Authority	THURROCK, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

Three flints - a Mesolithic tranchet axe, Early Neolithic axe, and Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age knife - were collected from the ploughed surface by Randall Bingley in winter 1992/1993. They were probably all disturbed by recent ploughing. <1> <2> <3> Aerial photograph. <4> See also <5>.

Finds

AXE (WEAPON) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX28559 DESC TEXT: Wallis, S.. 1994. Flints from Orsett Causewayed Enclosure. In PRN 8934.
<2> SEX28560 Graphic material: Bell, I.. 1993. Flints from Orsett Causewayed Enclosure. In PRN 8934.
<3> SEX28561 Map: McNeill, S.. 1994. Orsett Causewayed Enclosure. In PRN 8934.
<4> SEX52249 Aerial Photograph: Tyler, S.. 1986. Orsett, South of A13, west of A128.
<5> SEX60945 Desk-Based Assessment: Bennett, A.. 1988. The North Thames Gas Pipeline.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find and possible fieldwalking by R. Bingley at the Orsett Causewayed Enclosure, 1992-1993 (EEX64099)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ68

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