Find Spot record 0175801000 - Cowcroft Wood
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0163 mm Width 0036 Depth/Thickness 0051
HEAD DESCRIBES AXE AS 'THAMES PICK TYPE'.(BIBL.2). BRANIGAN DESCRIBES AXE AS AN ELONGATED CORE-AXE OF TRANCHET TYPE. CUTTING EDGE FLAKED TO MAKE A PICK RATHER THAN ADZE. NOT STRICTLY 'THAMES TYPE' BECAUSE OF CONCAVITY IN TOP OF AXE (BIBL.3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC1352 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1758.
- <2>SBC6322 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J.F. 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS.P.149.
- <3>SBC1849 Article in serial: Keith Branigan. 1966. 'MESOLITHIC ARTIFACTS FROM LEY HILL', IN RECS OF BUCKS 18 PP58-60. Vol 18.
Location
Grid reference | SP 98300 01800 (point) |
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Civil Parish | LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Civil Parish | CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC13142)
Record last edited
May 16 1985 12:00AM