Neolithic axes, 55 Bradleigh Avenue, Grays (EHER 1809)

Three Neolithic axes found around 1954 and 1974. All had been found in a garden at Bradleigh Avenue, Grays. When the land was sold for housing development, archaeological investigation found a single waste flake in the topsoil but no features.

Neolithic axes found around 1954 and 1974. Group of three Neolithic axes. The OS records two axes. But three axes were reported to Thurrock Museum in 1975. <1> <2> <3> In September 1975, Mr. A Twyford reported to Thurrock Museum the discovery of three axes of Neolithic type in pale grey flint. Two of these had been found some years earlier by Mr. A Anderson of 55 Bradleigh avenue, Grays, while digging in his garden at that address, and one more recently by Mr. Twyford in the same part of the garden. Area investigated in 1975 before housing development, to search for any possibly associated archaeological features. No features were recovered other than modern disturbances. No new prehistoric material was found other than one waste flake in the topsoil. <4> Axes and the flake are in Thurrock Museum. The findspots of the three axes had not been precisely recorded. There was no indication of any archaeological feature either in the gravel where this was exposed, or elsewhere in the gravelly subsoil. <4> <5> Site Assessment = Accession numbers?