Find Spot record 0175600000 - NASHLEIGH HILL

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in excavations on Nashleigh Hill

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0129 mm Width 0080
Plan Form - OVATE
ONE OVATE HAND AXE WITH ONE EDGE BROKEN IN ANTIQUITY. FOUND AT NASHLEIGH HILL, BY MICHAEL BAKER, WHEN EXCAVATIONS MADE FOR NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.(BIBL 1 ,2)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping (B3)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1318 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 01756..
  • <2>SBC1988 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p180.

Location

Grid reference SP 96900 03400 (point)
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13051)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2009 11:04AM

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