Neolithic flint axe head (EHER 1639)

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Summary

Archaeological features of Neolithic date were found including a Neolithic flint axe head. Excavations took place in 1975 in an area where three Neolithic axes had been found.

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Grid reference	TQ 64 76 (point)
Unitary Authority	THURROCK, ESSEX

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Description

Neolithic flint axehead. <1> In Colchester Museum. <2> Information from NRHE Findspot of Neolithic axes and Palaeolithic handaxes (EHER 1778). Archaeological features of Neolithic date are also referred to. Excavations took place in 1975 in an area where three Neolithic axes had been found. Prominently Neolithic archaeological features were recorded. <3>

Finds

AXE (WEAPON) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum. Acc No CM3411.16.
<3> SEX17532 DESC TEXT: Doyle, R.. 1976. Panorama. Carney, TJ, pp. 46-47.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown person at Tilbury, Thurrock, unknown date (EEX62948)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ67
NRHE identifier: 413581
National Monuments Record: TQ 67 NW 72

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