Neolithic handaxe assemblage, Ballards Gore (EHER 11299)

A small group of Neolithic implements comprising two polished axes and a chisel was found in 1923 in Caters sand and ballast pit at Ballard's Gore. Now in Southend Museum.

Three polished flint axes, one with blade 'splayed out at cutting edge in the bronze age fashion'. <1> Neolithic axe hoard comprising two polished axes and a chisel found in 1923 in Caters Sand and Ballast Pit, now in Southend Museum. <2> <3> In this source these flint implements are ascribed to the Bronze Age. <4> The implements vary in length from about four and a quarter inches to five and a quarter inches. The larger axe head is incomplete. 'The chisel is in unusually good condition'. 'It is quite possible that the nature of the find indicates a settlement of the Neolithic period in the neighbourhood. Further discoveries may be anticipated'. <5> See also <6> <7> <8>. Note: Also reported from the area is the find of a flint axe at Gore Corner, Stambridge at approximately TQ 907 927. <9> See EHER 11378 for more. NRHE data transfer: no new information.