Find Spot record 0099300000 - BETWEEN LOOSLEY ROW AND LACEY GREEN

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic axe found on ground surface

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 116mm, Width 79mm, Thickness 40mm.
Plan Form - TRIANGULAR
PORTION OF FLINT IMPLEMENT (LARGE PALAEOLITH), FOUND BY MRS M FRANCIS BETWEEN LOOSLEY ROW & LACEY GREEN (B1).
LETTER FROM FINDER TO J F HEAD SHOWS FINDSPOT TO BE APPROX AT NGR (B4).
COULD BE AN UNFINISHED AXE (B5) (SEE ALSO 01:000)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B6-7).



(SP 8100) A Palaeolithic handaxe from Loosely Row is in Aylesbury Museum (B8).
Not located at museum. No further information (B9)

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC1043 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1945.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p159.
  • <3>SBC17092 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J J & BONSALL C J 1977 GAZETTEER OF MESOLITHIC SITES IN ENGLAND & WALES IN CBARESEARCHREPORT2.
  • <4>SBC7427 Bibliographic reference: LETTER FROM MRS M FRANCIS TO J F HEAD C1953 (AMONG HEAD'S PAPERS GIVEN TO BCM BY HIS WIDOW, MARCH 19.
  • <5>SBC5102 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E SEPT 1988.
  • <6>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-2 No.13 p180.
  • <7>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CH-2 No.13.
  • <8>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
  • <9>SBC28186 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 08-OCT-74.
  • <10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SP 81700 00200 (point)
Civil Parish LACEY GREEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13072)
  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Feb 13 2026 11:26AM

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