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Excavation of a Possible Neolithic Long Barrow or Mortuary Enclosure at Rivenhall, Essex, 1986

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2022

D. G. Buckley ,
H. Major ,
B. Milton ,
N. Brown ,
R. Holgate ,
C. Turner  and
H. Walker
B. Milton
Affiliation:
Archaeology Section, Planning Department, Essex County Council, County Hall, Chelmsford CM1 1LF
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Abstract

Aerial survey in Essex has revealed a number of elongated enclosures interpreted as either long barrows or mortuary enclosures of Neolithic date. Excavation of one of these sites at Rivenhall in 1986 produced finds of flintwork and pottery which help to substantiate this hypothesis. A surface collection survey of the field containing the enclosure produced Mesolithic and Neolithic flintwork. A short discussion considers the Essex sites in their wider context.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , 1988 , pp. 77 - 91
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1988

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