SEX28331 - Excavation of a Possible Neolithic Long Barrow or Mortuary Enclosure at Rivenhall, Essex, 1986

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Type	Article in serial
Title	Excavation of a Possible Neolithic Long Barrow or Mortuary Enclosure at Rivenhall, Essex, 1986
Author/Originator	Buckley, D.G., Major, H. and Milton, B.
Date/Year	1988
Collection	(28332) Proc Prehist Soc
Collection	(28339) Proc Prehist Soc
Collection	(28349) Proc Prehist Soc
Digital Object Identifier	10.1017/S0079497X00005776

Abstract/Summary

Aerial survey in Essex has revealed a number of elongated enclosures interpreted as either long barrows or mortuary enclosures of Neolithic date. Excavation of one of these sites at Rivenhall in 1986 produced finds of flintwork and pottery which help to substantiate this hypothesis. A surface collection survey of the field containing the enclosure produced Mesolithic and Neolithic flintwork. A short discussion considers the Essex sites in their wider context.

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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-prehistoric-society/article/abs/excavation-of-a-possible-neolithic-long-barrow-or-mortuary-enclosure-at-rivenhall-essex-1986/7F3E2AE1C2EB0EA3B783A2BA1B1E4CFA

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Nov 3 2026 3:33PM