Find Spot record 0189300000 - EGYPT PIT, BURNHAM
Summary
Two Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxes found in Egypt Pit, at 82 metres ordnance datum. Treacher recorded 5-6 feet of clayey gravel in the area.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
2 HAND AXES, VERY ROLLED, SLIGHTLY STAINED, PATINATED. ONE IS BROKEN POINTED. FOUND BY MR L.TREACHER AT EGYPT PIT, LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT PRESUMABLY NEAR VILLAGE OF EGYPT. TREACHER RECORDS 150-200CM OF CLAYEY GRAVEL VERY EVENLY BEDDED. (BI1)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, overgrown pits exist south of reservoir (B2-3)
(SU 958858) Two Palaeolithic hand axes from Egypt Pit, Burnham are in Oxford University Museum (B4).
The exact location of this gravel-pit is not known but it was presumably near the village of Egypt (c SU 957858) (B1).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B5)
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC17070 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P230.
- <2>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.23 p67.
- <3>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 No.23.
- <3a>SBC28193 Serial: 1911. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association Volume 22, 1911.
- <4>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p26.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 95700 85800 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12818)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Sep 16 2025 2:02PM
