Find Spot record 0593100000 - 26 ALDBOURNE ROAD

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in a garden on Aldbourne Road

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0171 mm
ACHEULIAN FLINT AXE FOUND AT DEPTH OF 2FT IN FRONT GARDEN & REPORTED BY MR R A BEALE. FLINT IS MOTTLED DARK GREEN & GOLDEN BROWN IN COLOUR. IN GOOD CON-DITION & NOT WATER-WORN (B1). FINDSPOT (NOW NO. 29 ALDBOURNE ROAD) IS AT NGR. FINDER CANNOT BE CONT- ACTED (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B3-4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC14850 Article in serial: STANLEY C C 1968 IN NEWS BULLETIN OF THE MIDDLE THAMES ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 NO11 P7.
  • <2>SBC9869 Bibliographic reference: NAR SU 98 SW 8 (JULY 1974).
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.33 p68.
  • <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 No.33.

Location

Grid reference SU 92720 81890 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12022)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14186)

Record last edited

Mar 2 2009 4:25PM

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