Mesolithic tranchet axehead at 3 Connaught Road, Eastwood (EHER 9676)

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Summary

Mesolithic chipped flint axehead found in top-soil at 3 Connaught Road, Eastwood in March 1965.

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Grid reference	TQ 8236 8974 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Mesolithic chipped flint axehead found in top-soil at 3 Connaught Road, Eastwood in March 1965. Find is in the T. Smith Collection. <1> - <6>

Finds

TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX30674 LIST: Wymer, J.J.. 1969. TQ88-068.
<3> SEX3259 Artifact: Unknown. unknown. ARTEFACT Owner.
<4> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ88NW47, 1976.
<5> SEX30676 DESC TEXT: Southend Museum. unknown. Southend Museum Records.
<6> SEX10099 Serial: Wymer, J.J. and Bonsall, C.J. (eds). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 20. p 93.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at 3 Connaught Road, Eastwood, Rayleigh, 1965 (EEX62769)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ88-068
NRHE identifier: 419023
National Monuments Record: TQ 88 NW 47

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