Find Spot record 0049100000 - ROCK-GARDEN, RECTORY AVENUE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Length 208mm, Width 109mm.
ST ACHEUL TYPE HANDAXE, VOLCANIC ROCK. FINE-GRAINED MATRIX OF ALTERED FELDSPATHIC MATERIAL. UNROLLED. POINT BROKEN TRANSVERSELY. SOURCE OF MATERIAL UNKNOWN. SUBMITTED TO BM (B1-2).
ALMOST CERTAINLY A COLLECTOR'S THROW-OUT (B3).
MR V SUTTON CONFIRMS GARDEN BELONGED TO BUILDER(?) (B4).
An Acheulian handaxe found in the rock garden of a house in Rectory Avenue, High Wycombe, (SU 872 932) was submitted to the British Museum for examination, by the finder, Miss Dessin. The implement was found to be of volcanic rock, of foreign origin, while the rest of the rockery was of local stone. Although the source of the raw material, the place of its manufacture and its conveyance to High Wycombe are equally mysterious, there can be little hesitation in calling it a Palaeolithic handaxe (B1).
No further information; Miss Dessin cannot be traced. (B5)
NRHE Insert 1998 (B6)
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC456 Article in serial: ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 1938 18 P75 AND PL.XXXII.
- <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp32,155.
- <3>SBC17111 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J.1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P214.
- <4>SBC9476 Bibliographic reference: MR.VERE SUTTON,WHO SHOWED AXE TO M.E.FARLEY,JAN.1985 (AND SEE CAS REC.
- <5>SBC28087 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1972. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 01-AUG-72.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 87200 93200 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12838)
Record last edited
Sep 4 2025 11:51AM
