Find Spot record 0594500001 - WYETH LABORATORIES,TAPLOW

Summary

Three Neolithic to Bronze Age flint flakes and a scraper found in evaluation at Wyeth Laboratories

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

DURING EVALUATION A SMALL ASSEMBLAGE OF 4 PIECES OF STRUCK FLINT & A BURNT QUARTZITE PEBBLE WERE FOUND. THE FLINT CONSISTS OF 2 HARD-HAMMER STRUCK FLAKES, A PIECE OF IRREGULAR WASTE & A BADLY DAMAGED END SCRAPER. FLINT IS GOOD QUALITY, MID-DARK BROWN WITH A THIN LIGHT BROWN CORTEX (SEE REPORT)(B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC11453 Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1993. WYETH LABORATORIES ,TAPLOW: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION REPORT.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 93332 80889 (159m by 83m)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Trial trenching (Ref: TAWL 93) (EBC11593)

Record last edited

Jun 2 2015 2:17PM

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