Find Spot record 0150901000 - MARBLE HEAD PIT, WEXHAM

Summary

Three Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxes found in Marble Head Pit, possibly in Wexham

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

3 HAND AXES, ALL ROLLED AND STAINED. FIRST IS POINTED & 14CM LONG, SECOND IS BROKEN, POINTED AND 10C M LONG AND THIRD IS SUB-CORDATE, AND 15CM LONG. (BI1)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, pit backfilled and levelled (B3-4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC17075 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P239.
  • <2>SBC11176 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SE 19 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-3 No.1 p71.
  • <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-3 No.1.

Location

Grid reference SU 98900 82800 (point)
Civil Parish WEXHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Mar 3 2009 10:51AM

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