Prehistoric or Roman flint core, from near Hamborough Hill (EHER 13615)

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Summary

Flint core reused as an end scraper of uncertain date.

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Grid reference	TQ 816 923 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 1000000 BC? to 409 AD?)

Description

Flint core reused as end-scraper. Slight recent damage, not affecting the outline. Length 54mm, breadth 38mm, thickness 22mm. <1> <2> Sketch outline on back of EHER sheet. <3> Find is in Southend Museum. <4> The circumstances of discovery are unknown. NRHE data transfer: no new information.

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<1> SEX30452 MENTION: MacLeod, D.G.. 1976. SMR.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ89SW34, 1977.
<3> SEX37789 Graphic material: MacLeod, D.G.. 1976. SMR.
<4> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown near Hamborough Hill, possibly in 1976 (EEX62893)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ89-015
NRHE identifier: 419194
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 34

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