Find Spot record 0062701000 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Lower to Middle palaeolithic handaxe found in excavation of a later monument

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Plan Form - OVATE
A SURPRISING DISCOVERY WAS A FLINT OVATE ACHEULEAN HAND AXE, COMPARATIVELY UNABRADED. IT LAY IN DISTURBED MATERIAL, 13CM ABOVE SOLID CHALK FLOOR, 5.2M FROM CENTRAL DATUM, IN SE QUADRANT OF BARROW. PRESUMABLY BROUGHT IN FROM ADJOINING CLAY WITH FLINTS AREA DURING MOUND CONSTRUCTION (ILLUS)(B1).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping (B17)

Sources (17)

  • <1>SBC6205 Article in serial: J F Head (with contributions from W F Grimes, F G Parsons, F C Fraser, A S Kennard & J Cecil Mary). 1938. 'THE EXCAVATION OF THE COP ROUND BARROW, BLEDLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP313-351. Vol 13, part 5.
  • <2>SBC10702 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SP 70 SE 13 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC14022 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1992. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
  • <4>SBC6285 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP18,32,41,54,97,146-147.
  • <5>SBC6220 Article in serial: J F Head. 1946. 'BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, AD 450-700', IN RECS OF BUCKS 14 PP301-340. Vol 14, part 6. p314.
  • <6>SBC6673 Bibliographic reference: J F HEAD NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOS & SITE ARCHIVE (GIVEN BY HIS WIDOW IN MARCH 1984, FILED).
  • <7>SBC6892 Article in serial: 1941. KEILLER A, PIGGOTT S & WALLIS F S 1941 'THE PETROLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF STONE AXES', IN PPS 7 (NEW SERIES) P58. Vol 7.
  • <8>SBC2750 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 6 (FILED).
  • <9>SBC3344 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H (BCM) APRIL 1988.
  • <10>SBC3343 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H (BCM) 1984 (NOTE FILED)/MDA CARD AYBCM: 105 X 57 (CF O'CONNO-R B 1980 LATER BRONZE AGE, .
  • <11>SBC5713 Graphic material: Alex Gibson (Leicester University). 1978. DRAWINGS OF BEAKER POTTERY.
  • <12>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <13>SBC1916 Article in serial: BRITNELL W J 1976 ANTLER CHEEKPIECES OF THE BRITISH LATE BRONZE AGE, IN ANTIQUARIESJOURNAL56PP24-34".
  • <14>SBC7100 Bibliographic reference: KING DR C E (ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD) OCT 1983/BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
  • <15>SBC4763 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1992. 'THE COP ROUND BARROW AT BLEDLOW: PREHISTORIC OR SAXON?', IN RECS OF BUCKS 34 PP11-13. Vol 34.
  • <16>SBC3381 Verbal communication: DAMANT C (BCC COUNTRYSIDE OFFICER) TO FARLEY M E (BCM) DECEMBER 1994 PERS COMM (CORRESPONDENCE & .
  • <17>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p180.

Location

Grid reference SP 77330 01090 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10022)

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Oct 11 2024 11:17AM

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