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 (Undated)

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).

Sources (7)

  • <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 MESOLITH IC 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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

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)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13072)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 10:44PM

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