Neolithic axe head, near Orchard Farm (EHER 13372)

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Summary

Neolithic polished axe head from the garden of William Booey, 1925.

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Grid reference	TQ 8767 9020 (point)
Civil Parish	ROCHFORD, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Neolithic polished axe head from the garden of William Booey, in 1925. Now in Southend Museum. <1> - <4> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import.

Finds

POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX34931 DESC TEXT: Bennett, A.. unknown. SMR.
<2> SEX37131 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Southend Museum. 1989. SMR Index Sheet TQ89SE. 20.
<3> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.
<4> SEX77182 GUIDE BOOK: Pollitt, W.. 1953. Southend Museum Handbook. p.52.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find possibly by W. Booey on land near Orchard Farm, Rochford, 1925 (EEX62683)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ89-134
NRHE identifier: 419146
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SE 25

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