Find Spot record 0534810000 - DUNTON BRICKWORKS, LEY HILL
Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe found in a Dunton brickworks clay pit
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
Dimensions - Width 72mm, Length 140mm.
Plan Form - OVATE
OVATE HAND AXE, DAMAGED POINT, FOUND BY ROBERT CATO DURING PROCESSING OF CLAY DUG AT DUNTON BRICKWORKS. MR CATO IS CERTAIN AXE WAS NOT DUMPED OR BROUGHT IN BUT CAME FROM DUG CLAY. ORIGINALLY TAKEN TO VERULAMIUM MUSEUM FOR IDENTIFICATION (PHOTO OF AXE FILED) (B5-6).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping (B9).
Two ?active clay pits shown on 1980s OS mapping, at SP9887801703 and SP9893101676: likely to be location of findspot?
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC10515 Map: OS 6INCH MAPS 1ST EDIT.(1873/1883);1925 EDIT.1:100 00 EDIT.(1976),25INCH MAP (1925)..
- <2>SBC7043 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1924-1939.TOWN AND COUNTRY DIRECTORIES LTD.1926.
- <3>SBC1576 Sound recording: 1979. BCM TAPE NO.2, INTERVIEW WITH DUNTON BROS EMPLOYEES, JAN.1979.
- <4>SBC2017 Bibliographic reference: 1980. BUCKS COUNTY MUSEUM 1980 GAZETTEER OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BRICKYARDS 1800-1980 P24.
- <5>SBC2595 Verbal communication: 1988. CATO R, JUNE 1988.
- <6>SBC6429 Unpublished document: HOLGATE V (VERULAMIUM MUSEUM) & FARLEY ME ,JAN 1990.
- <7>SBC4888 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) SEPT 1997 SITE VISIT.
- <9>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p181.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 9865 0185 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC12128)
Record last edited
Jan 8 2024 3:25PM
