Site Event/Activity record ECC2354 - A bronze age straight sided scraper, Mason Road, Colchester, 1983

Location

Location Mason Road, Colchester
Grid reference TL 9962 2622 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Technique(s)

Organisation

Unassigned

Date

1983

Map

Description

A bronze age straight sided scraper was recovered as a surface find by Mr P.J. Vines, TL996262. It is a finely flaked, inifacially pointed flint tool which resembles a rough-out for an arrowhead, except for the lack of any retouch on the ventral surface. In general such pieces have two retouched sides converging to a point, usually offset from the main flake axis, and are interpreted as knives or straight-sided scrapers. They are of additional interest since they are often in burials, however, no burial are known from the immediate vicinity. The nearest being recorded from Sheepen (0.5km) and Chitts Hill (2km).<1>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Index: Essex County Council. 1972. Colchester SMR (computer). 11801.
  • <2> Serial: The Essex Society for Archaeology and History. 1923. Vol. 16 (New Series) Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. XVI (New Series). p.87.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Bronze Age flint scraper, Colchester (Find Spot)

Record last edited

Mar 15 2016 8:38AM

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