Find Spot record 0162400000 - FARNHAM ROYAL:?HAWKINS FARM

Summary

Total of nine Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxes found in Farnham Royal parish, not including the one found in Cage's Wood

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

8 HAND AXES DESCRIBED & SKETCHED, FROM FARNHAM ROYAL (B1).
PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM 'BAKER'S FARM PIT' & 'PIT NEAR CHURCH' (B2).
3 HAND AXES (PROB REPEAT OF B1) PROB FROM PIT C100M S OF VILLAGE ON W SIDE OF ROAD (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).

Sources (7)

  • <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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

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)

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 1:12PM

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