Find Spot record 0105200000 - GRAVEL PIT, FOSCOTT
Summary
Palaeolithic to Bronze Age hand-axes found in gravel quarry
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Early Bronze Age - 500000 BC to 1501 BC)
Description
HAND AXE (B1-2).
Findspot in River Terrace deposits. Old gravel pits have been flooded and landscaped and are now used by a fishing club. 8-10m of overgrown pit face survive above the water level (B3).
SP 723352. Flint axe found at a gravel pit at Foxcote. In possession of Mr Bonner, Estate Agents, 12 Market Square, Buckingham(B6)
At the time of investigation Mr Bonner could not be contacted. No further information (B7)
SP 725351. Unfinished worked flint found about 1953 in gravel at Foxcote Pits; identified as Palaeolithic by Northampton Museum (B4)
NRHE insert 1998, Update 1999 (B5).
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC2120 Bibliographic reference: BULL E J 1975.
- <2>SBC8575 Bibliographic reference: MILTON KEYNES JNL 1 1972 P15.
- <3>SBC24282 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 9 (Great Ouse Drainage) and 12 (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds). p46.
- <4>SBC28993 Index: D C Mynard. Wolverton Archaeological Society Prehistoric Index.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
- <6>SBC28997 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 1052.
- <7>SBC28971 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 20-DEC-74.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 72300 35200 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FOSCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Early Bronze Age - 500000 BC? to 2201 BC?)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12851)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Jan 28 2026 2:48PM
