Find Spot record 0191002000 - STATION PIT/GIBBONS PIT
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
PREVIOUS TO 1889 SEVERAL ABRADED PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE LOW GRAVEL NEAR TAPLOW STATION BY RUTLAND & OTHERS (B2).
4 HAND AXES DESCRIBED & SKETCHED FROM GIBBONS PIT (B4). Five hand-axes and a primary flake have been found at Hitcham GWR cutting c SU 920813. It is difficult to be sure what is meant by this provenance. The railway is not in a cutting at its nearest point to Hitcham, but on an embankment. Most likely it refers to extensions to the Taplow station pit. Two of the hand axes are dated 1897. All are in Bucks Co Museum (Acc No 545,05). (B5).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B17-18).
(SU 9182) Four Palaeolithic handaxes from Gibbons Pit Taplow, are in Oxford University Museum. (1)
Wymer gives 5 handaxes (one broken) and a flake from Gibbons Pit. Gibbons Pit was probably the western extension of Station Pit, or the one now used as a corporation tip, at approx SU 917816. All in Oxford Univ Mus (Treacher Colln) (B5).
No further information (B26).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Sources (8)
- <2>SBC15142 Article in serial: L Treacher. 1896-7. 'PALAEOLITHIC MAN IN EAST BERKS', IN BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE & OXFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2 PP16,18. Vol 2.
- <4>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <5>SBC17052 Bibliographic reference: John Wymer. 1968. LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P228.
- <17>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.35 p68-9.
- <18>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.35.
- <24>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.
- <25>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <26>SBC28359 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 08-JUL-74.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91500 81400 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC1)
Record last edited
Sep 10 2026 3:22PM
