Find Spot record 0156501300 - TAPLOW VILLAGE PITS

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Two Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint flakes found in Taplow

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

2 FLAKES, 1 RETOUCHED, ARE NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF MR R J MACRAE (B9).
NO FURTHER INFORMATION; R J MACRAE CANNOT BE TRACED (B3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B10-11).



(SU 9182) Two Palaeolithic flakes, one retouched, found at Taplow Village Pits, are now in the possession of RJ MacRae (B9)

No further information; RJ MacRae cannot be traced (B15).

NRHE insert 1998 (B13).

Sources (6)

  • <3>SBC11409 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 42-44 (FILED) 42:PALAEOLITHS; 43:BA URN; 44:IA POT..
  • <9>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p34.
  • <10>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 Nos.40-41 p69.
  • <11>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.40-41.
  • <13>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
  • <15>SBC28316 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 09-JUL-74.

Location

Grid reference SU 91500 83500 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14186)

Record last edited

Nov 13 2025 11:00AM

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