Find Spot record 0189500000 - HIGH STREET,BURNHAM

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found on the High Street

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0081 mm Width 0071
Plan Form - TRIANGULAR
FAIRLY WELL FINISHED WITH SOFT HAMMER TECNIQUE BUT THICKISH CROSS SECTION. MOTTLED PATINA. ROLLED. SKETCHED.(BIBL1).PRESUMABLY FROM DRAINAGE OR BUILDING E XCAVATIONS.THE HIGH STREET IS ON THE BOYN HILL TER RACE.(BIBL2)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6)




(SU 931825) A Palaeolithic handaxe from Burnham High Street is in Aylesbury Museum (Acc No 11.54) (B7).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <2>SBC17072 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P233.
  • <3>SBC11260 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SV98 SW73.
  • <4>SBC1067 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,11.54.
  • <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.31 p68.
  • <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.31.
  • <7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 93200 82600 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)
  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Nov 13 2025 12:23PM

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