Find Spot record 0611100000 - WYCOMBE ABBEY MUSIC SCHOOL

Summary

Prehistoric flint blades and flakes found during evaluation test pitting

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

11 TEST PITS DUG DURING EVALUATION. NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES FOUND, BUT 3 FLINT FLAKES AND 2 FLINT ARTEFACTS WERE RECOVERED FROM DISTURBED CONTEXTS. THIS WAS CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT IN CONFIRMING PREHISTORIC ACTIVITY IN AN AREA WHERE THERE HAD BEEN FEW PREVIOUS FINDS (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC4647 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1994. FINAL REPORT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION AT WYCOMBE ABBEY SCHOOL, HIGH WYCOMBE.
  • <2>SBC19717 Article in serial: CBA South Midlands Group. 1995. South Midlands Archaeology 25, 1995. No 25. p29.

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Grid reference SU 86790 92680 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

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  • Event - Intervention: Evaluation test pitting (Ref: WAM 94) (EBC10976)

Record last edited

Feb 26 2022 7:56PM

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