Find Spot record 0121200000 - PARISH
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
A LARGE NUMBER OF HAND AXES IN VARIOUS MUSEUMS AREJUST MARKED BURNHAM- NO CLOSER PROVENANCE. (DESCRIBED & SKETCHED)(BI1) THESE HAVE LOST MUCH OF THEIR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE & IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO ASSUME THAT SHARP POINTED HAND-AXES CAME FRO M LYNCH HILL TERRACE, THOUGH LIKELY. (BI2).(BI3)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6)
(SU 9282) Palaeolithic implements found at Burnham (exact provenance unknown) comprise:- 109 handaxes, 2 roughouts, 5 retouched and 2 unretouched flakes. Distribution:- Mostly Aylesbury Museum, but some in Bolton, Cambridge (A&E), Ashmolean, Oxford Univ and Reading Museums, as well as private collection (B7).
Bucks County Museum lists 62 handaxes and 31 flakes from Burnham, now in the British Museum, Bucks County (Acc Nos 547.05, 5.55, 36.62, 40.62, 10.61, and 11.54) Ashmolean, Oxford University, Reading and Reading Museums, the Uxbridge Public Library or in private hands (Not listed are those implements in Bolton or Cambridge Museums) (B1).
No further information (B8).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B9).
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <2>SBC17056 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P234.
- <3>SBC11196 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 68 AUG 1974.
- <4>SBC937 Unpublished document: 1905. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
- <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.34.
- <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.34.
- <7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <8>SBC28344 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 13-AUG-74.
- <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94000 84000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (4)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- ROUGHOUT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 11:31AM
