Find Spot record 0117801000 - MARLOW BRICKWORKS

Summary

Four Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxes found during brickearth extraction at Marlow brickworks

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FOUND BY L TREACHER IN BRICKEARTH PIT (B1-2).
D-SHAPED HAND AXE, WELL-MADE. OCHREOUS PATINA 1 SIDE, GREY PATINA ON OTHER. GLOSSY & UNROLLED. LENGTH 86MM, WIDTH 66MM (B1,B3,B9).
BRICKYARD PRODUCED AT LEAST 2 HAND AXES (B4).
1 ?PALAEOLITH FOUND BY W A SEABY, 1943 (B5).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B15-16).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC14635 Article in serial: I F Smith & J J Wymer. 1964. ' TREACHER COLLECTION OF PREHISTORIC ARTEFACTS FROM MARLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 PP286-300. Vol 17.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp160-161.
  • <3>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <4>SBC17062 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP212-213 & FIG 75.
  • <5>SBC6046 Unpublished document: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION.
  • <7>SBC11115 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 88 NE 44 (FILED).
  • <9>SBC1234 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER/CORRESPONDENCE TO & FROM L TREACHER & AL, PHOTOS & THIN-SECTION,FILED.
  • <15>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.6 p63.
  • <16>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 No.6.

Location

Grid reference SU 86050 87290 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12007)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12228)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC13924)

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Nov 22 2024 2:35PM

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