Find Spot record 0189400000 - GREEN LANE,BURNHAM
Summary
Six Lower Palaeolithic handaxes were found by Treacher at Green Lane, East Burnham, at varying dates from 1921-31. The objects were found on the south edge of Black Park Gravel geology.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
FOUND BY MR.AND MRS TREACHER BETWEEN 1921 AND 1931.OLD PIT MARKED ON OS MAPS ON WEST SIDE OF GREEN L ANE,OPPOSITE THE GOLF COURSE.THIS IS PROBABLE SOUR CE OF THE FINDS(BI1)DESCRIBED AND SKETCHED(BI2)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B3-4)
(SU 935828) Six Palaeolithic handaxes from Green Lane, Burnham are in Oxford University Museum (B5).
An old pit at c SU 935836 marked on the OS maps on the W side of Green Lane may have been where 6 handaxes were found at varying dates from 1921-31. (Treacher Colln Oxford Univ Mus) (B1).
NRHE insert 1998 (B6).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC17072 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P233.
- <2>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 Nos.28-29 p68.
- <4>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-2 Nos.28-29.
- <5>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 93500 83600 (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: Surface find (EBC12766)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Nov 13 2025 12:01PM
