Find Spot record 0194600000 - DEAN'S PIT
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Description
(RE. WINTER HILL TERRACE) A PIT KNOWN AS DEAN'S PIT...3 GRAVELS DISTINGUISHED.1 LEVALLOIS FLAKE & 1 SMALL ROUGH WHITE 'CHELLEAN' HAND-AXE FOUND ON FLOOR OF PIT(BI1) PIT VISITED BY TREACHERS. FLAKE NOT TRACED, BUT 2 NEAR-MINT HAND-AXES, INCLUDING ELEGANT CLEAVER (ILLUS) CAN'T HAVE BEEN GRAVEL WASH(BI2
Site noted in English Rivers Survey, mainly wooded area, no visible pit (B3-4)
SU 850890 (approx) Palaeothic implements from Dean's Pit, Marlow, comprise 1 handaxe, 1 retouched flake and 1 Levallois flake. They are in Oxford University Museum (B5).
Dean's Pit lies at SU 849879; 2 handaxes were found there (B2).
Ground inspection and local information confirms there has been no commercial gravel extraction in the vicinity of SU 849 879. Most of the former gravel working in the Marlow area was in area SU 865 867. 'Dean's Pit' is not known locally (B6).
English Rivers Palaeolithic Project MTV 2/ (B7)
NRHE Insert 1998 (B8)
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC15144 Article in serial: M S Treacher & A L Treacher. 1948. 'ANCIENT CHANNEL BETWEEN CAVERSHAM & HENLEY, OXON & ITS CONTAINED FLINT IMPLEMENTS', IN PPS (NEW SERIES) 14 PP132-133. Vol 14.
- <2>SBC17049 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P212 & FIG 74.
- <3>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.5 p63.
- <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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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 No.5.
- <5>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p32.
- <6>SBC27603 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 01-AUG-74.
- <7>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon).
- <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 84900 87900 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (3)
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC11943)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Jul 4 2025 1:00PM
