Palaeolithic to Bronze Age flint scraper from Rayleigh (EHER 13616)

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Summary

Flint scraper/spoke shave on flake.

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Grid reference	TQ 8095 9126 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 1000000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Flint scraper/spoke shave on flake. Cortex present. Retouched around edge. Dimensions: 43x26x14mm. <1> <2> <3> Sketch plan on reverse of EHER sheet of implement. <4> Find is in Southend Museum. <5> The circumstances of discovery are unknown. NRHE data transfer: no new information.

Finds

SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 1000000 BC to 701 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX30452 MENTION: MacLeod, D.G.. 1976. SMR.
<2> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ89SW35, 1977.
<3> SEX37794 LIST: Southend Museum. 1989. SMR Index sheet TQ89SW19.
<4> SEX37789 Graphic material: MacLeod, D.G.. 1976. SMR.
<5> SEX5943 Artifact: Southend Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Southend Museum.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown at Rayleigh, possibly in 1976 (EEX62874)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ89-016
NRHE identifier: 419195
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 35

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