Find Spot record 0155201000 - WINDMILL FIELD, HITCHAM

Summary

Lower to Middle Paleolithic flint scraper found in Windmill Field

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

PALAEOLITHIC SCRAPER (B1).
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS (B6).
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PALAEOLITHS RECORDED UNDER CASS 01912 IN FACT COME FROM THIS AREA, AS RUTLAND WRITES ABOUT EXCAVATIONS BY GWR COMPANY IN WINDMILL FIELD, & THE FINDS FROM 01912 ARE MARKED GWR CUTTING, HITCHAM (B3,B12).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC11527 Article in serial: PARKER J 1884 'PREHISTORIC MAN', IN RECS OF BUCKS 5 P318.
  • <3>SBC13844 Article in serial: J Rutland. 1891. 'HISTORY & ANTIQUITIES OF MAIDENHEAD', IN TAPLOW & MAIDENHEAD FIELD CLUB 8TH ANNUAL REPORT P46.
  • <6>SBC6292 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP51,61,158 & FIG 10.
  • <12>SBC14072 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E NOV 1987.

Location

Grid reference SU 92170 81190 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12796)

Record last edited

May 30 2022 4:28PM

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