Find Spot record 0119000000 - WELL END/BOURNE END PIT
Summary
Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint flake found in gravel pit in nineteenth century
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
- (Former Type) SAND PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
- (Former Type) GRAVEL PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Dimensions - Width 0034 Length 0049 mm
TAPLOW TERRACE GRAVEL IS 25FT THICK AT WELL END PIT, THE LOWER 2-3FT CHALKY BUT LITTLE NOW VISIBLE. NO DEFINITE ARTEFACTS, BUT A ROLLED FLAKE IN ASHMOLEA N MARKED 'BOURNE END PIT' MAY BE FROM HERE (BI1) SMALL FLAKE, TRIMMER OR NATURAL.HEAVILY ROLLED(BI2). NGR IN 1(883583) WRONG. SHOULD BE AS ABOVE (BI3) 'Gravel pit' shown on 25in OS 1st edition (sheet 47.14, surveyed 1876); 'pit' shown on 6in OS (85SE, surveyed 1930); 1:10,000 OS (85NE, surveyed 1977); Proceedings of Geologists Association (Treacher, L. 1916, Vol 27, p107-109); 'sand pit' shown on 6in OS (sheet 47, surveyed 1875-6);
Sources (4)
- ---SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D2064.
- <1>SBC17050 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P213.
- <2>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <3>SBC9248 Bibliographic reference: MR & MRS D MILLER TO M E FARLEY..
Location
| Grid reference | SU 88300 88300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
Record last edited
Jan 27 1988 12:00AM
