Find Spot record 0129500000 - LITTLEWORTH

Summary

Possible findspot of Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxe from Littleworth- A Lower Palaeolithic handaxe was found at Littleworth Common, which lies at 86 metre ordnance datum, in an area of Glacial Gravel.

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

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0140 mm Width 0082
TYPICAL MID-ACHEULIAN TYPE. WELL MADE. THIN CROSS-SECTION. SMALL AMOUNT OF CORTEX AT BUTT. MOTTLED OCHREOUS PATINA. LIGHTLY ROLLED (B1-2).
MARKED 'LITTLEWORTH' AND MAY HAVE COME FROM GRAVEL PIT AT NGR, BUT THIS UNLIKELY AS IT IS 90M OD IN GRAVELS OF THE HAREFIELD TERRACE (B3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B4-5).



(SU 9386) A Palaeolithic handaxe from Littleworth is in Aylesbury Museum (B6).

A handaxe marked 'Littleworth' in the Sericold Collection (Bucks Co Mus) may come from the gravel-pit at SU 934861, but this would be an exceptional provenance as it is at 300ft O.D. in gravel of the Harefield Terrace (B3).

In Bucks County Museum (Acc No 37-62), formerly at Reading Museum. An Acheulian handaxe (B7).

NRHE Inset 1998 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC977 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1962.
  • <2>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <3>SBC17082 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP230-231.
  • <4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.22 p67.
  • <5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.22.
  • <6>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
  • <7>SBC28264 Digital archive: Bucks County Museum Palaeolithic Index.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 934 861 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Oct 22 2025 11:28AM

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