Find Spot record 0016100000 - Beside track

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in Seer Green

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0090 Length 0175 mm Depth/Thickness 0066
Plan Form - TRIANGULAR
WHITE PATINATION. SOME CORTEX REMAINING ON BUTT. FINISHED WITH SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. POINT BROKEN SHORTLY AFTER DISCOVERY. FOUND BY MR ANDREW RAMAGE. PHOTOGRAPHS (B1). FLINT FOUND IN DUMPED MATERIAL, DERIVATION UNKNOWN (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, found on gravel track, possibly an import (B4-5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <2>SBC11217 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 SE 18 FILED IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0161.
  • <3>SBC11856 Bibliographic reference: PHOTOGRAPHS FILED IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0161.
  • <4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CV-3 No.23 p172.
  • <5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CV-3 No.23.

Location

Grid reference SU 96740 91800 (point)
Civil Parish SEER GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12861)

Record last edited

Jan 3 2019 7:16PM

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