Neolithic axe-head, Fleethall Creek (EHER 9622)

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Summary

A Neolithic polished axehead was found near Fleethall Creek in 1949. It is in Southend Museum.

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Grid reference	TQ 8860 8990 (point) Location accords with that given in NRHE data.
Civil Parish	ROCHFORD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Neolithic polished axe-head. <1> Found near Fleethall Creek in 1949. Now in Southend Museum. <2> <3> NRHE data transfer: Neolithic polished axehead found near Fleethall Creek in 1949. Now in Southend Museum. <4> <5>

Finds

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ88NE04, 1950.
<3> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.
<4> SEX76543 Map: Historic England. Annotated Record Map. Corr 6" (W Pollitt 1950).
<5> SEX23582 Bibliographic reference: Pollitt, W.. 1953. Southend Before the Norman Conquest. p.52.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Fleethall Creek, 1949 (EEX62671)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ88-044
NRHE identifier: 418895
National Monuments Record: TQ 88 NE 4

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