Find Spot record 0118700000 - DEESDEN, 11 NEW ROAD, BOURNE END

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found digging septic tank. One of two Lower Palaeolithic handaxes were found by Mr G J Drewett in the Garden of 'Deesden', 11 New Road, Bourne End. The object was found in an area of Taplow Gravel geology.

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FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0105 mm Width 0076
ROUGH MID ACHEULIAN PYRIFORM TYPE. ROUGHLY MADE WITH DEEP FLAKE SCARS & IRREGULAR PROFILE. SOME CORTEX REMAINING. MOTTLED PATINA. WELL ROLLED. (SKETCH). FOUND BY MR G DREWITT DURING INSTALLING OF SEPTIC TANK PRE-1961 (B1-2).
1 OF 2 AXES FROM SITE (SEE 00:000).

Two hand-axes were found in digging a septic tank in the garden of beesden, New Road, SU 897877, by Mr George Drewett some years ago; finds now in the County Museum, Aylesbury (Acc Nos 115-115.64) (B6).
Two Palaeolithic hand axes from 'Deesden'; New Road (B7).

The find was made in a cesspit at SU 89628749 in the rear garden of a house now called Gramyr, 11 New Road, but formerly 'Deesden', when it was occupied by Mr G Drewett, a local historian. Surveyed at 1:1250 (B8).

NRHE Insert 1998 (B9)

Sources (10)

<1>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
<2>SBC1047 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1964.
<3>SBC14582 Graphic material: SKETCH FROM FRANCIS COLMER'S MSS (PER MRS ANGELA C OLMER,1977)(FILED).
<4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.7 p64.
<5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.7.
<6>SBC27559 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1934-40. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 13. Volume 13. p302.
<7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p25.
<8>SBC27603 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 01-AUG-74.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<9>SBC27652 Bibliographic reference: 1968. Lower Palaeolithic archaeology in Britain as represented by the Thames Valley. p213-314.

Location

Grid reference	SU 8962 8749 (point)
Civil Parish	WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Parent of: DEESDEN, 11 NEW ROAD, BOURNE END (Find Spot) (0118701000)

Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Jul 22 2025 11:38AM