Monument record 0154500000 - HAYCOCK'S PIT, LENT RISE

Summary

Site of former gravel pit shown on nineteenth to twentieth century maps at Haycock's Pit

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  • GRAVEL PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

PIT IN MR W F HAYCOCK'S KITCHEN GARDEN, SMALL & ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WORKED, BUT PRODUCED FINE SERIES OF CLEAVERS (SEE 01:000)(B1).
LENT RISE: 2 LARGE GRAVEL PITS JOINED UP (B2) BUT ORIGINAL LOC OF HAYCOCKS (BEFORE AMALGAMATED) AT NGR (B3).
SITE OF PIT NOW CULTIVATED FIELD, & FILLED IN (B4,B9).
'PIT' SHOWN ON 6IN OS 1ST EDITION (BUCKS SHEET 52, SURVEYED 1880); 25IN OS 1ST EDITION (BUCKS SHEET 52.16, SURVEYED 1876); 6IN OS (SURVEYED 1930S); 1:10,000 OS (SURVEYED 1975) (B1O).

Sources (12)

  • <1>SBC7195 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1940. 'PALAEOLITHS FROM THE GRAVELS OF THE LOWER BOYN HILL TERRACE', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 20 PP245-271. Vol 20.
  • <2>SBC17068 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP233,236.
  • <3>SBC8557 Bibliographic reference: MILLER D & D TO FARLEY M E (BCM) SEPT 1976 (SEE NOTE, FILED).
  • <4>SBC11183 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 08 (FILED).
  • <5>SBC13225 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 11 1925-26 PP361, 442-443.
  • <6>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
  • <7>SBC7204 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1960. 'ON PALAEOLITHIC CHOPPERS & CLEAVERS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP330-341 & ILLUS. Vol 16.
  • <8>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <9>SBC4831 Verbal communication: FARLEY M E (BCM) APRIL 1979 PERS COMM.
  • <10>SBC20218 Unpublished document: CMAG. 1980(?)-2001. Mineral Extraction Sites in Buckinghamshire. D0385.
  • <11>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.33.
  • <12>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.33.

Location

Grid reference SU 92860 81870 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2025 4:35PM

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