Find Spot record 0589100000 - WINSLOW

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint flake found in peat-bed

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Flint flake of St Acheul type, chipped on 1 face, the other being obtained by a single stroke. Found in a peat bed at Winslow, resting on Boulder Clay (B1-2).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC11835 Bibliographic reference: J Phillips. 1871. GEOLOGY OF OXFORD & THE VALLEY OF THE THAMES. p475; diagram CCIII, 1.
  • <2>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p34.
  • <3>SBC1937 Unpublished document: 1983. BROWN D, OSBORN G & FARLEY M E (BCM) NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1983 (SEE CORRESPONDENCE & SLIDES, FILED).
  • <4>SBC24282 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 9 (Great Ouse Drainage) and 12 (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds). p45.

Location

Grid reference SP 77000 26500 (point)
Civil Parish WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2025 10:53AM

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