Find Spot record 0175803000 - COWCROFT WOOD,EDGE OF

Summary

Four Mesolithic flint flakes found at the edge of Cowcroft Wood

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

MEASUREMENTS AND WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. FLAKES SAID TO SHOW TRACES OF ORIGINAL CORTEX. FLAKES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN WASTE CORE FLAKES AND THE ASSOCIATION OF 3 OF THEM WITH CONICAL CORE (02:000) MIGHT SUGGEST THAT CORE HAD ITS STRIKING PLATFORM RENEWED (B3).

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)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13169)

Record last edited

May 23 2017 5:40PM

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