Find Spot record 0129400000 - DORNEY WOOD, BURNHAM

Summary

Scatter of Lower to Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in brickearth digging at Dorney Wood

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  • Planning Notification Area: Early Palaeolithic deposits, possibly a flintworking site (DBC9834)

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Type and Period (1)

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Description

BRICKEARTH DUG OUT OF HOLLOWS ON PLATEAU IN DORNEYWOOD GOLF COURSE UNTIL EARLY C20. FLINT TOOLS FOUND HERE C60 YEARS AGO, INCLUDING FINE ACHEULDAN BIFACES. PRESENCE OF OTHER ARTEFACTS SUGGEST WORKING FLOOR (B1).
FLINTS FROM BRICKEARTH FROM WORKINGS AT NGR OR CASUAL WORKINGS ON GOLF COURSE (B3,B5).
Palaeoliths found by Treacher associated with decayed mammalian bones. Find spot on S edge of Glacial Gravel (of Winter Hill or higher terraces), and Brickearth recorded by Treacher and White. In 1995-6 a deep tree-covered pit survived beside the road opposite the gates to Kiln Wood, but other pits previously existed on Dorney Wood Golf Course. Site assessed as a Lower Palaeolith find spot of particular importance (B6-7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC7201 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1959. 'PALEOLITHS FROM BRICKEARTH IN SE BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP274-288. Vol 16.
  • <2>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <3>SBC17081 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP229-230.
  • <4>SBC6046 Unpublished document: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION.
  • <5>SBC11192 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 54.
  • <6>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.24 p67.
  • <7>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.24.

Location

Grid reference SU 93700 85700 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

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Mar 23 2023 5:41PM

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