Find Spot record 0462300000 - COOKE'S ORCHARD, BURNHAM
Summary
Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in Cooke's Orchard
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0160 mm Width 0095
MID-ACHEVLIAN PYRIFORM HAND AXE. WELL MADE & FINISHED WITH SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. EVEN PROFILE. WORKED BUTT. A LITTLE UNRESOLVED FLAKING. PALE OCHREOUS PATINA. UNROLLED.(SKETCH OUTLINE)(B1). COOKE'S ORCHARD NOT LOCATED (B1-2).
DONATED TO BCM BY A D LACAILLE (B1).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B3-4).
(SU 9282) A Palaeolithic handaxe from Cooke's Orchard, Burnham, is in Aylesbury Museum (B5).
Cooke's Orchard not located (B6).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B7).
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC2060 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC REGISTER/BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1965.
- <2>SBC11198 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 71, JULY 1974.
- <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.34 p68.
- <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.34.
- <5>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <6>SBC28345 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 11-JUL-74.
- <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94000 84000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 11:55AM
