Find Spot record 0155001000 - COOPER'S PIT, EAST BURNHAM

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxes found in Cooper's Pit

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

NUMEROUS HAND AXES FOUND, DRAWN & DESCRIBED FROM COOPER'S PIT (B1-3).
TREACHER FOUND HIS FIRST IMPLEMENT ON 21ST MARCH 1930 (B3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B6-7)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC7192 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1939. 'THE PALAEOLITHIC CONTENTS OF THE GRAVELS AT EAST BURNHAM', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 19 PP166-181 & ILLUS. Vol 19.
  • <2>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <3>SBC17063 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP231-232.
  • <6>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 Nos.26-27.
  • <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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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 Nos.26-27.

Location

Grid reference SU 94600 84220 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12944)

Record last edited

Nov 1 2023 2:30PM

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