Find Spot record 0099500000 - RAILWAY BRIDGE,N.OF STATION

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Palaeolithic handaxe possibly found in gravel north of Great Missenden station in the nineteenth century

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

Description

Dimensions - Width 0078 Length 0128 mm
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENT FROM GRAVEL AT RAILWAY BRIDGE JUST N OF STATION [CITES EVANS J 1897 ANCIENT STONE IMPLEMENTS, 2ND EDITION, P596] (B1,B7).
VERY WELL MADE POINTED OVATE. REGULAR, THIN CROSS SECTION. SMALL PATCH OF CORTEX ON 1 SIDE. UNROLLED (B2).
NGR TO BRIDGE IMMEDIATELY N.OF GT.MISSENDEN STATION (B3).
HANDAXE IS TOO FRESH TO BE FROM A GRAVEL DEPOSIT (B4).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6).

A palaeolithic implement was found in 1891 in digging the foundations of the bridge over the Metropolitan Extension Railway just north of Great Missenden (SP 89260136). It is of thick ovate form and made of grey flint (B8)
Now in the Ashmolean Museum (1928-66) (B1).

Sources (9)

<1>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp26,32,153.
<2>SBC2051 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX/LETTER IN CAS ENVELOPE FI LE 0377.
<3>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<4>SBC17066 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP249-250.
<5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-2 No.1 p179.
<6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.1.
<7>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p193.
<8>SBC27600 Bibliographic reference: Sir John Evans. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference	SP 89260 01370 (point)
Civil Parish	GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 1:02PM