Neolithic flint scraper or blade, Connaught Road, Grays (EHER 1812)

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Neolithic scraper of flint blade during garden cultivation.

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Grid reference	TQ 621 795 (point)
Unitary Authority	THURROCK, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

Neolithic (possible) scraper. Possibly the same as a flint flake from a garden in Connaught Road, Grays, TQ 619796. Found in garden cultivation. <1> <2> <3> In Thurrock Museum, on loan. <4> Information from NRHE Flint blade found during garden cultivation in Connaught Road Grays. <2>

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<1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
<2> SEX6579 DESC TEXT: Babbidge, A.V. in Huggins, P.J.. 1974. Archaeology in Essex, 1972-73. No 48, p14.
<3> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ67NW43, 1978.
<4> SEX5914 Artifact: Thurrock Museum. unknown. ARTEFACT Thurrock Museum. Acc No EMC 27.

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Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance find by unknown person, Connaught Road, Grays, Thurrock, pre 1974 (EEX62929)

Other References

Old SMR Number: TQ67-088
NRHE identifier: 413552
National Monuments Record: TQ 67 NW 43

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