Find Spot record 0089600000 - SKIRMETT

Summary

A Palaeolithic implement has been found at Skirmett: Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint artefact

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 146mm.
A Palaeolithic implement 5 3/4 inches long has been found at Skirmett (B1).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey - CH1/10 (B2-3).

NRHE insert 1998 (B5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p193.
  • <2>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-1 No.10 p179.
  • <3>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CH-1 No.10.
  • <4>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p33.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 77500 90000 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Jun 16 2025 3:27PM

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