Neolithic chipped flint axe, dredged from the Thames near Grays (EHER 1661)

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Summary

Neolithic chipped and partly ground flint axe with oblique cutting edge dredged from the Thames.

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Grid reference	TQ 61 77 (point)
Unitary Authority	THURROCK, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. Neolithic chipped and partly ground flint axe with oblique cutting edge dredged from the Thames. <1> <2> <3> In Colchester Museum, accession No. 3803.19. <4> Additional reference <5>

Finds

FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources

<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ67NW40, 1978.
<2> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<3> SEX5988 DESC TEXT: Colchester Museum. 1920. Colchester Museum Report. p6.
<4> SEX10 Artifact: Colchester Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Colchester Museum. Acc No 3803.19.
<5> SEX68904 DESC TEXT: Mills Whipp Partnership. 2006. Rippleside Metalworks, Thames Street, Grays.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown person, dredged from the Thames near Grays, Thurrock, pre 1920 (EEX62931)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ67
NRHE identifier: 413549
National Monuments Record: TQ 67 NW 40

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