Monument record 0191200000 - TAPLOW STATION PIT
Summary
Nineteenth to twentieth century records of Taplow Station gravel pit
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Early Palaeolithic deposits
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Type and Period (1)
- GRAVEL PIT (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1945 AD)
Description
AXES PROVENANCED TO 'BURNHAM-HITCHAM GWR CUTTING' & 'HITCHAM' PROB REFER TO EXTENSIONS TO TAPLOW STATION PIT, SINCE RAILWAY AT HITCHAM IS ON AN EMBANKMENT, NOT IN A CUTTING (B1).
TAPLOW STATION PIT, GIBBON'S & OTHER ADJOINING PITS DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE. WYMER'S NGR'S CONFUSING. SEE CASS 01910 FOR EARLY REFS (B2).
Station Pit (GWR Pit) was a large pit originally occupied by a temporary terminus of the Great Western mainline to Bristol in the 1850s. Deposits were Taplow Gravel. In 1995-6 the site was recorded as an open, levelled pit used as a rugby field. Assessed as a Lower Palaeolithic find spot of particular importance (B7-8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC17061 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP 227-228, 234.
- <2>SBC67 Bibliographic reference: A R PIKE OCT 1978.
- <3>SBC2045 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX: BURNHAM & TAPLOW.
- <4>SBC6274 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS P166.
- <5>SBC938 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1905, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1 965.
- <6>SBC11411 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARDS SU 98 SW 64; SU 98 SW 89. JULY 197 4.
- <7>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.35 pp68-9.
- <8>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91900 81600 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 7 2022 12:04PM
