Find Spot record 0590900000 - CHESHAM

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in Chesham area

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

A PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE FROM THE GENERAL AREA OF CHESHAM IS IN LUTON MUSEUM (B1-2).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p28.
  • <2>SBC9856 Bibliographic reference: NAR RECORD NO. SP 90 SE 23 (MARCH 1971).
  • <3>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. p172.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SP 96000 02000 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Mar 16 2026 12:45PM

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