Find Spot record 0545100000 - BUCKLAND COMMON

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found on ploughed field in Buckland Common

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 90mm, Width 60mm, Thickness 30mm.
COMPLETE AXE, POINTED WITH SLIGHTLY ROUNDED BUTT CONSISTING PARTLY OF CORTEX. NATURAL HOLE THROUGH BUTT. WYMER TYPE F. FAIRLY FRESH UNROLLED APPEARANCE. EDGE VIEW HAS HINT OF SLIGHTLY SINUOUS 'S' OUTLINE. DRAWING. FOUND BY MRS L A STRONG IN PLOUGHED FIELD W OF COMMON (B1).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC9564 Unpublished document: 1984. MRS.L.A.STRONG AND M.E.FARLEY, 21 DEC.1984..
  • <2>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p181.

Location

Grid reference SP 91650 07100 (point)
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC18578)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2024 2:09PM

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