Find Spot record 0162400000 - FARNHAM ROYAL:?HAWKINS FARM
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
8 HAND AXES DESCRIBED & SKETCHED, FROM FARNHAM ROYAL (B1).
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM 'BAKER'S FARM PIT' & 'PIT NEAR CHURCH' (B2).
The most likely provenance for 4 handaxes only marked 'Farnham Royal' is the small pit in the bluff of the Boyn Hill Terrace c100 yds. S of the village on the W side of the road SU 959827. Three are in the Treacher Colln Oxford Univ Mus, and the fourth in Bucks Co Mus (Acc No 31.31) (B3).
1 AXE FROM PARISH (B4).
PIT IN B3 NOW SCHOOL RECREATION GROUND. LARGER PIT ON E OF ROAD (B5).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B6-7).
The three axes held at Oxford Univ Mus were found 9.12.27. No further information. (For details of the fourth held at Bucks Co Museum see SU 98 SE6). The pit indicated by Wymer and shown on OS 6" is now a school recreation ground. Directly opposite on the E side of the road is an overgrown extensive area of former gravel working. No further information (B1 and B8)
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (9)
- <1>SBC2057 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX: FARNHAM ROYAL.
- <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p151.
- <3>SBC17087 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P238.
- <4>SBC4797 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E & PIKE A R NOTED ON A VISIT TO WINDSOR GUILDHALL MUSEUM NOV 1979.
- <5>SBC11297 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD, JUNE 1974, NO. SU 98 SE 20.
- <6>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.42.
- <7>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 No.42.
- <8>SBC28292 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 28-JUN-74.
- <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 95900 82700 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FARNHAM ROYAL, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
Record last edited
Sep 10 2026 3:01PM
