Monument record 0087300000 - KIMBLE FARM, TURVILLE

Summary

Mesolithic flint working site recorded as a scatter of artefacts on the ground surface

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Mesolithic flint-working site at Kimble Farm

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Type and Period (1)

  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

SITE OF MESOLITHIC FACTORY, WITH RANGE OF ARTEFACTS INCLUDING TRANCHET AXES, MICROLITHS, FABRICATORS, SMALL KNIVES, SCRAPERS, FLAKES. ARROWHEADS RARE, & NO NON-FLINT FINDS. CONE CORES (B1-3).
EXACT SITE NOT KNOWN BUT TOPOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE SUGGESTS AREA AT NGR, NOW UNDER GRASS (B4-5).
FINDS AT BCM (B6).

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC14954 Bibliographic reference: STRONG R BINNEY M HARRIS J 1974 DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY HOUSE PL185.
  • <1>SBC11636 Article in serial: A E PEAKE. 1914-1918. 'PREHISTORIC SITE AT KIMBLE, S BUCKS', IN PREHISTORIC SOCIETY OF EAST ANGLIA PROCEEDINGS 2 PP437-458. Vol 2.
  • <2>SBC2944 Bibliographic reference: J C D Clark. 1932. MESOLITHIC AGE IN BRITAIN PP67-68 & FIG 35 (P179) (PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <3>SBC2520 Article in serial: Humphrey Case. 1954. 'MESOLITHIC FINDS IN THE OXFORD AREA', IN OXONIENSIA 17-18. Vols 17-18. p13.
  • <4>SBC11090 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 78 NE 06 (FILED).
  • <5>SBC2642 Bibliographic reference: CAUVAIN S & P MARCH 1978 FIELD VISIT.
  • <6>SBC7231 Bibliographic reference: LAMB G C (BCM) 1978.
  • <7>SBC14066 Verbal communication: SCRIMGEOUR G E APRIL 1988 ?PERS COMM.

Location

Grid reference SU 75400 89100 (point)
Civil Parish TURVILLE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (7)

  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FABRICATOR (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • KNIFE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
  • ARROWHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13335)

Record last edited

Nov 23 2023 1:03PM

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