Find Spot record 0105200000 - GRAVEL PIT, FOSCOTT

Summary

Palaeolithic to Bronze Age hand-axe found in gravel quarry

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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).

Sources (3)

  • <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SBC24282 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

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?)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12851)

Record last edited

Aug 16 2012 9:13AM

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