Find Spot record 0570702000 - WHAN CROSS FIELD

Summary

Prehistoric worked flints and a Mesolithic flint axe found whilst metal-detecting and during subsequent excavation

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

A MESOLITHIC TRANCHET AXE ALSO FOUND BY DETECTORISTS AT SAME TIME AS ROMAN COINS HOARD. THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN MOST NE AREA OF DISTURBANCE (B1,B4).

Sources (3)

  • ---SBC20666 Article in serial: Andrew Hunn, Michael Farley, Clive Cheesman and Val Rigby. 1995. 'The Chalfont St Peter Roman Coin Hoard', in Recs of Bucks 37. Vol 37. pp114,123 Fig 2.
  • <1>SBC6513 Unpublished document: Andrew Hunn. 1990. HUNN A P 1990 CHALFONT ST PETER HOARD 1989 (TYPESCRIPT REPORT).
  • <2>SBC3006 Bibliographic reference: CLEARY A S E 1994 ROMAN BRITAIN IN 1993 PP276 IN BRITANNIA XXV. (WRONGLY LISTED AS AMERSHAM)..

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9822 9090 (240m by 230m)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC? to 42 AD?)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Metal-detecting (EBC12650)
  • Event - Intervention: Small-scale excavation (EBC11474)

Record last edited

Jul 21 2003 1:32PM

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