Find Spot record 0010800000 - KNOTTY GREEN

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic stone handaxe found in Knotty Green

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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)

Sources (5)

  • <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SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator.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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

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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Record last edited

Mar 4 2009 10:50AM

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