Find Spot record MCC10392 - Iron Age skull find spot, Mersea Flats, East Mersea
Summary
Disarticulated skull discovered on the East Mersea foreshore (Mersea Flats), and radiocarbon dated to the (late) middle Iron Age, c.130m from the (2020) shoreline and to the southwest of Cooper Beach Holiday Park.
Location
| Grid reference | TM 0495 1329 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM01SW |
| County | ESSEX |
| Civil Parish | EAST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
Disarticulated skull discovered on the East Mersea foreshore (Mersea Flats), and radiocarbon-dated to the (late) middle Iron Age, c.130m from the shoreline (measaured in 2020) and to the southwest of Cooper Beach Holiday Park (approx. TM 04953 13290). Discovered by the 17th October 2016 by Daniel French, a local oysterman. Radiocarbon dating was undertaken by the CITiZAN project, which provided a date of 390 BC (to be confirmed with dating certificate).<1>
At the time of record compilation (12th May 2020), the skull was in the possession of the Essex Police, to be transferred (in due course) to Mersea Museum for curation
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SCC74356 Photograph: Pullin, James. 2016. Digital photographs of an Iron Age skull found on the Mersea Flats in 2016.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
May 12 2020 2:54PM