NEOLITHIC SITES IN UPPER VALLEY OF ESSEX CAM. 6l 
carbonate and the aretes are very sharp and unweathered. The 
assemblage of flakes and cores bears a strong resemblance to the 
debris of a working floor at Grimes Graves and is in striking 
contrast to other worked flints in the Walden area. 
This site, when first discovered, was of great interest. Three 
large battered flints (anvil stones) were exposed by a wash-out 
of the over-lying soil and formed a rough table, surrounding 
which were quantities of spales and cores. These were lying 
on the gravel and were exposed in layers of sharp edges in the 
overlying bank. Subsequently the turf and loam of the bank 
was removed and a trench dug into the gravel. It was found 
that the worked flint was limited to a circle about ten feet in 
diameter and did not extend into the gravel. Many of the flakes 
and cores had small portions of the original crust, which showed 
water erosion. The type of flaking is very distinct from that 
on other areas in this district and may indicate a different stratum 
of culture. The position of the site in relation to the present 
water level is significant as indicating the small amount of 
valley erosion that has taken place since Neolithic times. 
V. Littlebury. Bordeaux Site. Essex. Sheet II. S.E. 
Longitude o° 12' 2" E., latitude 52 0 2' 58" N. Elevation 
between 130 and 180 feet O.D., and about 6ft. above water 
level at the nearest point to the river. The site is extensive 
and lies upon the fields between the London and Cambridge 
main road and the G.E. Railway from the Bordeaux farms 
to Littlebury village. It lies upon a gravel terrace of the Barn- 
wellian Series (10), the general structure of which is described 
in the Geological Survey Memoir (12). The gravel is covered 
with a sandy decalcified loam which in places reaches a depth 
of more than five feet. The soil is decalcified, brown and very 
sandy„ 
The artifacts are small and a variety of flakes, cores, scrapers, 
points and other implements are found. The bulk of the worked 
flint is unpatinated and has a greyish, lustrous appearance, 
which is highly characteristic of flint from sandy sites in this 
area. The remainder is mainly of the blue mottled type of 
patination. A finely w r orked circular scraper was taken from a 
depth of 2ft. 6in. in the loam. 
The general character of the worked flint from this site has a 
