Record ID: ESS-921831
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Palaeolithic knapped flint secondary flake. There is a platform. The dorsal surface has flakes removed and is half covered in cortex. It is 62.53mm long, 41.29mm wide, 14.71mm thick and weighs 34.08 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-91D410
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic knapped flint secondary flake. It is 68.01mm long, 61.34mm wide, 39.26mm thick and weighs 149.67 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-91AB77
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic knapped flint secondary flake. Point of percussion, impact ripples and scaring are visible. There is a large amount of cortex. It is 53.39mm long, 39.95mm wide, 11.86mm thick and weighs 25.78 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-919B66
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic knapped flint core. Flakes have been removed from two angles. There is a large amount of cortex surviving. It is 37.27mm long, 55.37mm wide, 59.18mm thick and weighs 100.97 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-918555
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic knapped flint tertiaty flake. There is a platform and an irregular bulb. There are flaked removals from the surface. It has been rolled (beach find) making the surface irregular. It is 84.33mm long, 66.90mm wide, 24.89mm thick and weighs 166.46 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-916D57
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic knapped flint core. There are removals from three surfaces, with cortex surviving on the fourth surface. It is 60.43mm long, 44.56mm wide, 30.15mm thick and weighs 102.24 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-916038
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic tertiary waste flake. There are flaked removals on the dorsal surface. There is a point of percussion and bulb. It is 77.97mm long, 37.48mm wide, 10.41mm thick and weighs 38.30 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-914B57
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic waste flake / core, with flaked removals on all surfaces. It is 73.81mm long, 57.21mm wide, 20.51mm thick and weighs 97.17 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-913871
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic waste flake, with a natural fracture on one face and flaked removals on the other surface. It is 88.84mm long, 62.99mm wide, 21.52mm thick and weighs 94.90 grams.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-00C1A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin: Threepence of Elizabeth I, dating 1575. The object is 20.50mm in diameter, 1.09mm in thickness and weighs 1.5g.
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-7DE464
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A small flint Palaeolithic handaxe dated circa 500,000-40,000 BC. It has a pointed distal end and a fairly rounded proximal end. There is bifacial working and there is retouching to both long sides. The dorsal surface has a completely white patina and the ventral surface has a flecked greyish patina with a large area of cortex still remaining. The ventral surface has many bulb scars. Length 87.17mm, width 61.01mm, thickness 19.14mm, weight 99.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birch CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CF2323
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Earlier Upper Palaeolithic backed piece bladelet. See Butler 2005 p 73. Narrow bladelet with abrupt retouch along one edge; the opposing edge has not been retouched. It is 43.17mm long, 11.28mm wide, 6.20mm thick and weighs 3.7 grams.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birch CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CEAE97
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large flint core with no evidence of platform preparation; flakes seem to have been removed randomly from the surface. The surface is also heavily patinated, making it a grey-cream in colour. There is some damage to the flint, revealing the mid-brown colour below the patination. It measures 55.56mm by 50.52mm bu 28.53mm and it weighs 90.2 grams.
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Birch CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6603F1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Lower (early) Palaeolithic flint handaxe. The axe is complete and is ovate and almost symmetrical in plan. There is bifacial working and remnants of cortex on both dorsal and ventral surfaces. Length 161.6mm, width 88.42mm, thickness 28.65mm, weight 496g. Lower or middle Paleaolithic dated 500,000-40,000 BC. The patina is orangey brown which is indicative of the axe being deposited in river terrace gravels.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-4444B5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Palaeolithic cordate handaxe, knapped from dark grey flint. Flakes have been removed from both surfaces to shape the axe. It is an elongated oval in plan, with a more pointed cutting end. It has an elongated lenticular cross section with pointed edges. The edges of the axe are damaged and worn. The surface of the axe is orange-brown in colour, however the grey flint can be seen on the more recent damage to the axe. The axe is 132.27mm long, 70.30mm wide and is 38.88mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waxham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-445918
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palaeolithic Acheulian cordate hand axe knapped from blue-grey flint. The axe was shaped with covering removals knapped from the surface. The surface of the axe is heavily patinated and is a cream-orange colour. There is damaged on the dorsal surface. Acheulian had axes usually date from the lower Palaeolithic, but occasionally can be of a middle Palaeolithic date. The axe is 94mm long.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: ESS-5C8651
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement: A Palaeolithic hand axe dated to about 250,000 BP. The flint is dark brown with patches of golden yellow and there are clear flake removals. The cutting edges are well worn and blunted by rolling and water action. It is 70.64mm long, 51.48mm wide, 31.36mm thick and weighs 111.37g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrabness', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-61BCA1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The end-scraper is on a broken blade with maximum dimensions of 55 x 23 x 6mm. The scraper edge is located at the distal end of the blade and formed by direct, semi-abrupt retouch. The opposite end of the blade is broken and characterised by a ‘languette’ fracture. The negative scars on the dorsal side of the blade are uni-directional. There is a small plage of cortex near the distal end of the artefact indicating that the tool was made on a blade from an early stage in the core reduction sequence. The profile of the blade is noticeably straight. Although not unusual, some sc…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-615E34
Object type: TOOL
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This retouched tool combines tools of two groups: a concave truncation burin and a straight truncation. The blade support on which the tool is made measures 77 x 19 x5mm in maximum dimension. The dorsal scar pattern on the blade indicates it was also one of a sequence of blades detached preferentially from one end of a blade core. The flint is a lightly patinated mottled grey colour and is in fresh condition. There are a number of negative flake scars on the ventral surface which appear to be contemporary with the tool as they display the same patination as the main surfaces. Th…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-612226
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This artefact is a flint blade, broken at both ends, and measuring a maximum of 96 x 32 x 11mm. The dorsal scar pattern indicates it was one of a sequence of blades detached preferentially from one end of a blade core. The artefact is in reasonably sharp condition. Its natural grey colour is altered by a thin light brown staining which covers the majority of its surfaces. The most characteristic feature is the extensive secondary scarring visible along its edges. On the left edge, the dorsal surface is partially covered by invasive scalariform retouch scars, some up to 12mm in len…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.