Find Spot record 0677800000 - Large field between railway line and Crispin Field housing deveopment, Pitstone

Summary

Neolithic polished flint axe found during drainage trenching.

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

A chance find of a polished flint axe (5in x 2in) made where the route for a new main drainage pipe was being excavated in August 2001. It was made in the context of what appeared to be an old river bed. The axe was identified by the Ashmolean Museum (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC19870 Unpublished document: Catherine Bowater. 2001. Correspondence and photographs regarding Neoltihic flint axehead find near Pitstone.

Location

Grid reference SP 9318 1565 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 8 2022 12:11PM

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