Find Spot record 0157100000 - SWILLY POND, BURNHAM
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Archaeological Notification Area: Early Palaeolithic deposits (DBC9835)
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Width 0070 mm
SMALL MID ACHEULIAN TYPE AXE. TIP BROKEN RECENTLY. WELL MADE WITH SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. SOME CORTEX REMAINING AT BUTT. GREY FLINT, THIN MOTTLED PATINA, ROLLED (B1-2).
SWILLY POND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROA D TO DEVERILL'S PIT, AND IS FORMED AT THE BOTTOM OF A DISUSED PIT CENTRED AT NGR (B3-4).
Two large pits (Cooper's Pit and Deverill's Pit), the former immediately north of the other. Treacher collected from here and recorded his material as 'Burnham Beeches' and did not distinguish in most instances between the two pits (the Boyn Hill Gravel is one continuous spread). Some sections were cut in 1954 in the basal gravels remaining of Deverill's Pit and several flakes were found in-situ. In 1995-6 Cooper's Pit had been levelled, landscaped and a house built within it; Deverill's Pit had a house within it at the north end and was part of the adjacent landfill site at the other end. Assessed as a Lower Palaeolithic find spot of particular importance (B5-6).
(SU 948842) A Palaeolithic handaxe from Swilly Pond, Burnham, is in Aylesbury Museum (B7).
Broken butt of pointed handaxe. Nothing else is known of this artifact. Bucks Co Mus (Acc No 158.62) (B3).
Swilly Pond is formed at the bottom of a disused gravel pit centred SU 94788423 (B8).
NRHE Insert 1998, update 2008 (B9).
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <2>SBC977 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1962.
- <3>SBC17071 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P231.
- <4>SBC11323 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD,JULY 1974 SU 98 SW ??.
- <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 Nos.26-27 pp67-8.
- <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.
- <7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <8>SBC28316 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 09-JUL-74.
- <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94780 84230 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 2:24PM
