Find Spot record 1574600000 - Cooper's Pit
Summary
Palaeolithic finds recovered
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
SU 944846 (approx) Palaeolithic implements found at Cooper's Pit, East Burnham, comprise: 22 handaxes, and 2 retouched and 2 unretouched flakes. Distribution: London Univ Inst Arch and the Ashmolean, Oxford University and Reading Museums (B1).
Cooper's Pit, SU 945843, was sometimes known as Bond's Pit (B2).
Cooper's Pit, now refilled, was centred at SU 94608422 according to Mr G Pusey, a resident of the area for forty years. No further finds and no further information (B3 and 4).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <2>SBC9986 Bibliographic reference: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. GAZETTEER OF MESOLITHIC AND UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITES IN ENGLAND & WALES.
- <3>SBC28363 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators comments - F1 NKB 25-JUN-74.
- <4>SBC28364 Verbal communication: G Pusey. c1974. G Pusey oral communication.
- <5>XYSBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). [Mapped feature: #52155 ]
Location
| Grid reference | SU 9460 8422 (point) NRHE GIS location |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
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Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 2:49PM
