Find Spot record 0082400000 - OXFORD ROAD, GERRARDS CROSS

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found on Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0128 mm Width 0076
WELL MADE PYRIFORM/FICRON HAND AXE. TIP RECENTLY BROKEN. WELL FINISHED, SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. COMPLETELY WORKED BUTT. FAIRLY THICK CROSS SECTION. 1 SIDE CREAM PATINA, 1 SIDE OCHREOUS PATINA. SOME CORTEX ON 1 SIDE. UNROLLED (B1).
NGR TO OXFORD ROAD AT GERRARDS CROSS (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B3-4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <2>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CV-3 No.28 p172.
  • <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CV-3 No.28.

Location

Grid reference TQ 00100 88000 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Record last edited

Oct 8 2009 9:46AM

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