Find Spot record 0451001000 - THAMES FIELD, HAMBLEDEN

Summary

Palaeolithic flint artefacts found on ground surface

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

PALAEOLITHS FROM FIELDS NEAR RIVER (B1-3).
8 BLADES/SCRAPERS & 24 OTHER FLINTS FROM THAMES FIELD & MILL END (B5).
Site noted in the English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B7).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p47.
  • <2>SBC11637 Article in serial: A E PEAKE. 1918. 'SURFACE PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM THE CHILTERNS', IN PREHISTORIC SOCIETY OF EAST ANGLIA PROCEEDINGS 2 P579. Vol 2.
  • <3>SBC11098 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 78 NE 21 (NOT RETAINED).
  • <5>SBC6042 Unpublished document: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION (MATERIAL LISTED BY G C LAMB & M E FARLEY 1978).
  • <7>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 no 1; p63.
  • <8>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 no 1.

Location

Grid reference SU 79000 84800 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (3)

  • BLADE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

May 28 2026 11:27AM

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