Find Spot record 0531302001 - N OF FAWLEY COURT

Summary

Large quantity of Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic bladelets and cores and Neolithic to Bronze Age flakes found in watching brief

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FLINT SCATTER (Late Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 7000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

218 FLINT ARTEFACTS ANALYSED BY M TINGLE & R HOLGATE. TYPES INCLUDE SEVERAL BLADELET CORES & BLADELET FRAGS, SUGGESTING PART OF SITE IS LATE MESO OR EARLY NEO. ALSO PROPORTION OF HARD HAMMER, ROUGHER, LARGER PIECES FROM NEO OR BRONZE AGE. FINDS PROB REPRESENT SEASONAL USE OVER LONG TIMESPAN (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC9289 Unpublished document: David Start (British Gas Archaeologist). 1983. SITE RECORDING FORMS & CORRESPONDENCE (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 76680 84730 (point)
Civil Parish FAWLEY, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (8)

  • BLADE (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • BLADE CORE (Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BURNT FLINT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)
  • CORE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • BORER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Jan 7 2024 6:36PM

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