Find Spot record 0155101000 - BRICKWORKS, POYLE FARM
Summary
Atleast 6 Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint artefacts from Poyle's Brickworks.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
NO PALAEOLITHS RECORDED FROM THIS BRICKEARTH, BUT 20 IN TREACHER COLLECTION MARKED POYLE OR POYLE ROAD . 7 ARE SHARP, SO RARE FROM BURNHAM BOYN HILL GRAVELS THAT THEY PROBABLY CAME FROM ANOTHER PROVENANCE, POSSIBLY THIS BRICKEARTH. 6 AXES & 1 FLAKE DESCRIBED (B4-5).
SU 925835 A Palaeolithic handaxe from Poyle, Burnham is in Oxford University Museum (B12).
Six handaxes and a primary flake have been found at Poyle where old workings are marked on the OS maps (shown as 'Brickworks' on Prov 6" but not on 1st Edn 6") at c SU 925838. All are in Oxford University Museum (Treacher Colln). (B5)
No further information (B13).
NRHE insert 1998 (B14).
Sources (5)
- <4>SBC11408 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 21 & SU 98 SW 49 (IRON AG E) ; SU 98 SW 77 (PALAEOLITHIC) (FILED).
- <5>SBC17053 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P230.
- <12>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <13>SBC28316 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 09-JUL-74.
- <14>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 92410 83980 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 12:50PM
