Find Spot record 0143000000 - 6 CARPENTERS WOOD DRIVE

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found whilst gardening.

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0064 Length 0106 mm
POINTED HANDAXE. FAIRLY WELL MADE. SOME SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE BUT WITH RATHER IRREGULAR PROFILE AND SOME DEEP FLAKE SCARS. THICK WHITE PATINA. UNROLLED. DUG UP IN GARDEN OF 6 CARPENTERS WOOD DRIVE BY MR R W SPENCER. OS ANTIQUITY NO TQ 09 NW:28 (B1-3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B4-5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC929 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 144.60.
  • <2>SBC10029 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD TQ 09 NW 28.
  • <3>SBC2049 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX: CHALFONT ST PETER.
  • <4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CV-3 Nos.14-15 p171.
  • <5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CV-3 Nos.14-15.

Location

Grid reference TQ 0198 9642 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16669)

Record last edited

Mar 3 2009 2:53PM

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