Find Spot record 0155201000 - WINDMILL FIELD, HITCHAM
Summary
Lower to Middle Paleolithic flint scraper found in Windmill Field
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Palaeolithic - 150000 BC to 40001 BC)
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).
In 1882, a Palaeolithic scraper was found by Mr J Rutland in the low level drift in "Windmill" field at Hitcham; another pear-shaped scraper had recently been found in the same drift and is now in the Reading Museum (B1).
Windmill Field identified by Baynes at SU 921812. In 1730 a windmill stood on what is now the station-master's house (called Winhill) (B16).
No further information (B21).
NRHE insert 1998 (B20).
Sources (7)
- <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>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp51,61,158; Fig 10.
- <12>SBC14072 Bibliographic reference: SCRIMGEOUR G E NOV 1987.
- <16>SBC28319 Digital archive: Ordnance Survey. 1923. Ordnance Survey Object Name Book 1923. p.91.
- <20>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
- <21>SBC27593 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 14-AUG-74.
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)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12796)
Record last edited
Nov 12 2025 12:54PM
