Find Spot record 0191201000 - TAPLOW STATION PIT

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Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxes found in Taplow Station Pit

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

SEVERAL HAND AXES DESCRIBED & SKETCHED FROM TAPLOW STATION PIT, BALLAST PIT, HITCHAM & HITCHAM GWR (BURNHAM)(B1,B3,B6).
FICRON AXE, 123 MM L & 74MM WIDE & OTHERS AT BCM (B5).
PALEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS FROM STATION PIT (B4)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B7-8).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC17061 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN PP 227-228, 234.
  • <3>SBC2045 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX: BURNHAM & TAPLOW.
  • <4>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. 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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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 p68-9.
  • <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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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Nov 24 2024 1:23AM

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