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 (2)

  • <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.
  • <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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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: Excavation of round barrow at The Cop (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2024 12:25AM

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