Find Spot record 0010800000 - KNOTTY GREEN

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic stone handaxe found in Knotty Green. The object was found on the edge of Glacial Sand and Gravel geology.

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 0155 mm Width 0087
OVATE HANDAXE, BASIL POINT, SHARP EDGE ALL ROUND, WAVY AND STRAIGHT. 1 CHIP ALMOST CHALKY IN APPEARANCE. LARGE 'POTLID' FRACTURE ON 1 FACE. MID ST.ACHEUL DATE? LAY IN GRAVEL JUST BELOW BOAR'S HEAD COTTAGES. ILLUS.(B1). SLIPPER SHAPED, WELL FINISHED, SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. UNROLLED (B2). FOUND AT NGR (B3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B4-5)

An ovate hand-axe, probably of St Acheul date, 6.3 in in length and 1.6 in thick was found in gravel, during the laying of pipes just below Boar's Head Cottages, Knotty Green and almost opposite the pathway to Penn (SU 932926) (B1).

Palaeolithic handaxe from Knotty Green (B6).

British Museum (Acc No 1926 6 21 1) (B7).

The location description suggests a find spot in area SU 93169264 (B8).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B9).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (9)

<1>SBC14677 Article in serial: R A Smith. 1922. 'FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST', IN ARCHAEOLOGIA 72 PP29-30. Vol 72.
<2>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
<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SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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 CH-2 No.8 p180.
<5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CH-2 No.8.
<6>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
<7>SBC28365 Unpublished document: J Wymer. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain, as represented by the Thames Valley.
<8>SBC28242 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 19-SEP-74.
<9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 93160 92640 (point)
Civil Parish	PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Nov 26 2025 2:15PM