Neolithic scrapers from Droves Hill (EHER 9895)

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Summary

Two Neolithic scrapers.

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Grid reference	TQ 81 92 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Two Neolithic scrapers from Drovers Hill, Rayleigh. Loaned to Southend Museum by Mr. A. Wright. <1> <2> <3> The circumstances of discovery and exact findspot are unknown. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.

Finds

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ89SW22, 1976.
<2> SEX31190 Report: Southend Library and Museum. 1926-1927. Southend Library and Museums Annual Report. p.17.
<3> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find possibly by R a. Wright at Droves Hill, possibly in 1926 or 1927 (EEX62892)

Other References

NRHE identifier: 419182
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 22

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