Find Spot record MCC8862 - Adjacent to Blackwater site 17

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Ancient land surface on beach and foreshore visible in the form of a peaty bed containing bone fragments, tree stumps and branches, and pyritized wood.<1><2>

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Grid reference Centred TM 066 143 (166m by 142m)
Map sheet TM01SE
Civil Parish EAST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Ancient land surface on beach and foreshore visible in the form of a peaty bed containing bone fragments, tree stumps and branches, and pyritized wood <1> <2>

Erosion of the deposits should be monitored so that any faunal remains or artefacts are retrieved <3>

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  • <1> DESC TEXT: Priddy, DA. 1980. SMR.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: Vincent, SW and George, WH. 1980. Some Mesolithic Sites along the Rivers Blackwater and Crouch, Essex. p3.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: Gibson, Sarah. 1994. Country Parks Archaeological Survey of Cudmore Grove.

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Record last edited

Nov 6 2017 11:47AM

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