MCC5041 - Just south of Wick Farm, Fingringhoe - Colchester Heritage Explorer

Find Spot record MCC5041 - Just south of Wick Farm, Fingringhoe

Summary

Prehistoric stone artefacts found at Fingringhoe.

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Grid reference	TM 047 192 (point)
Map sheet	TM01NW
Civil Parish	FINGRINGHOE, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Type and Period (2)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)

Full Description

Several stone artefacts were found in an area south of Wick Farm, Fingringhoe including a Lower Palaeolithic handaxe, a leaf-shaped arrowhead, a laurel-leaf projectile point, a bifacially worked implement and a struck flake. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SEX61421 DESC TEXT: Wise, Philip J. 1999. Fingringhoe Stone Artefacts.

Finds (5)

HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
LAUREL LEAF (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1401 BC)
FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Fingringhoe stone artefacts (Ref: ?) (ECC3510)

Record last edited

Jul 17 2017 11:05AM