Bronze Age flint blade from Rayleigh (EHER 9886)

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Summary

Bronze Age flint dagger blade.

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Grid reference	TQ 80 90 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Bronze Age flint dagger blade. In Southend Museum. <1> <2> <3> NRHE data transfer: Bronze Age flint dagger blade found at Rayleigh. Presented to Southend Museum by Mr. T.J. Mays. <2> The circumstances of discovery and exact findspot are unknown.

Finds

DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 701 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ89SW24, 1976.
<2> SEX31150 DESC TEXT: Southend Museum. unknown. Southend Museum Annual report. No 22, p.18.
<3> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by Mr T.J. Mays at Rayleigh, before 1927 (EEX62703)

Other References

NRHE identifier: 419184
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 24

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