Find Spot record 0122500000 - ROAD TO HEATH END,W.SIDE
Summary
Palaeolithic handaxe found in road material transported to Heath End
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Width 0082 Length 0113 mm
WELL MADE MID-ACHEULIAN OVATE HAND AXE. WELL WORKED. STRAIGHT SIDES. UNROLLED. FOUND BY MR. ANDREW COPE, AUTUMN 1964, FALLEN FROM STEEP ROADBANK (BIBL1-2). ACCORDING TO FINDER HANDAXE PROBABLY CAME FROM TRANSPORTED ROAD METALLING. The approximate find-spot of the hand-axe was indicated on OS 6" at SP 95060648 by M A Cope, who found it on the surface by the roadside. The finder retains the hand-axe(BIBL3)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping, possibly from road metalling (B4).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC2042 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <2>SBC13645 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1965 17 P411.
- <3>SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR.
- <4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p181.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 95060 06480 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12861)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Mar 5 2026 3:27PM
