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Description: | -The archaeology collection is particularly strong on prehistoric flint implements. There are Clactonian chopper tools and acheulian type hand axes, many of them accidental discoveries from local gravel extraction or farming activities.
There are good exmples of Mesolithic and Neolithic tools, some important Bronze Age metal workers hoards (from Grays, Aveley and Orsett) and a group of Bronze Age fired clay loomweights from South Ockendon.
The Museum also displays the finds from the East Tilbury barrow excavation of 1959. There is Iron Age material from the Linford excavation of the 1950's.
The Roman period is well represented with a local coin hoard (the Chadwell hoard) and grave groups including the West Thurrock Amphora Burial.
The important Anglo- Saxon discoveries at Mucking are represented by costumed figures and replicas; the originals are held by the British Museum.
Large group of early coinage (about 2,000 pieces) of the 1st century BC from Corringham;The grave group known as the West Thurrock Amphora Burial contains a cremation and associated vessels contained in an amphora.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Thameside Complex
Orsett Road
Grays Essex United Kingdom,
RM17 5DX | FAX: | 01375 392 666 | Telephone: | 01375 382555 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6574 | Go to resource |
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