Find Spot record 0531000000 - BRITISH GAS PIPE MAIN

Summary

Neolithic to Bronze Age flint axe found along line of pipeline

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 133mm, Width 80mm, Thickness 42mm.
AXEHEAD;FLAKE MARKS LARGELY POLISHED OUT.SOME POSSIBLE REWORKING AT BUTT (DRAWING AND SLIDES FILED. FOUND BY DAVE START (BRITISH GAS ARCHAEOLOGIST) ON NUFFIELD TO ASCOT PIPE MAIN. FIND NO 195 (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC14862 Unpublished document: David Start (British Gas Archaeologist). 1983. START DAVE OCT 1983 (CORRESPONDENCE & SLIDE FILED; ALSO FARLEY M E SKETCH DRAWING, FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 75900 85100 (point)
Civil Parish FAWLEY, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Watching brief during pipeline construction (Ref: NA520, NA521, NA522, NA540, NA541 & NA553) (EBC13061)

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Jan 7 2024 4:36PM

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