Find Spot record 0508400000 - 12 NORTOFT ROAD

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in a garden on Nortoft Road

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Thickness 25mm, Length 75mm, Width 44mm.
SMALL PEAR-SHAPED HANDAXE (WYMER TYPE E). ALL-OVER PATINA. HEAVY STEP FLAKING ALONG 1 SIDE. HEAVY FLAKING OR WEAR ON BUTT END. POINT POSSIBLY BROKEN OFF. DRAWING ON CAS CARD 05084. FOUND BY MR W WOOD IN DIGGING FISHPOND IN GARDEN IN CHALFONT ST PETER (B1).
DRAWING (B2).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1870 Verbal communication: 1981. BRIDBURY MRS H, STAINTON MRS B A & FARLEY M E (BCM) NOV 1981.
  • <2>SBC27300 Graphic material: Bambi Stainton. 1981. DRAWING OF HANDAXE BY MRS B.A.STAINTON (ATTACHED TO CAS RECORD CARD 05084).
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). p171.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00693 91902 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find in garden (EBC13154)
  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

May 21 2026 3:30PM

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