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1884.125.90.11

Stone flake

1884.125.90.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone flake
Long description
Small flake of flint with mid bluish grey patina covering all surfaces. [CG [Excav. PR] 21/08/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Essex Uttlesford Little Hallingbury Wallbury Camp
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected
By 1884
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 6 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 29 mm, Weight 5 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.125.90.11
Research and responses

There is confusion over the location of this site. Many of the references to Warlbury/Worlebury in the primary documentation refer to [England West Berkshire Combe Walbury Camp]. However, it is also possible that this site is [England North Somerset Weston-super-Mare Worlebury Worlebury Camp Hillfort]. Pitt-Rivers referred to the discovery of 'deposits of grain' 'at Worlebury, near Weston-super-Mare' in his 1881 paper on Mount Caburn (p.451). This might support the interpretation that the Wallbury/Warlbury/Worlebury records relate to this site - see Pitt-Rivers, A.H.L.F. 1881. Excavations at Mount Caburn camp near Lewes, conducted in 1877 and 1878. Archaeologia 46: 423-495. However, for now the spelling of the site name written on the object (Wallbury) indicates that this object is probably from [England Essex Uttlesford Little Hallingbury Wallbury Camp]. [Dan Hicks 13/11/2013]

See http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4692 and http://www.roman-britain.org/places/celtic/wallbury.htm [AP 15/08/2006]

Wallbury Camp [TL 4925 1778] is an Iron Age bivallate hillfort. It is recorded on the Essex County Council Historic Environment Record under PRN 16. This record can be accessed at http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk. Further details on the fortification are available on the English Heritage National Monuments Register [Pastscape] under monument no. 369962, the URL for this record is http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=369962 [MN 01/06/2009]

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