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

Summary

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

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0078 Length 0128 mm
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENT FROM GRAVEL AT RAILWAY BRIDGE JUST N.OF STATION (B1).
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).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC6251 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN S.BUCKS PP26,32,153 (CI TES EVANS J 1897 ANCIENT STONE IMPLEMENTS,2ND EDI.
  • <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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

Location

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

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12802)

Record last edited

Jul 28 2009 11:13AM

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