Find Spot record 0202501000 - DEVERILL'S PIT, EAST BURNHAM

NUMEROUS HAND AXES FOUND, DRAWN & DESCRIBED FROM PIT (B1,B3-4).
CHOPPERS & CLEAVERS FROM DEVERILL'S PIT (B5).
17 PALAEOLITHS PRESUMED TO BE FROM DEVERI LL'S PIT LOANED TO BCM (B6).
7 HAND AXES FROM W MARGIN OF PIT AT SU 94638395 FOUND & RETAINED BY MR M H H BAYLEY (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B8-9)

SU 946844 (Approx). Palaeolithic implements found at Deverill's Pit, East Burnham, comprise: 24 handaxes, 1 core, and 1 retouched and 6 unretouched flakes. Distribution: Aylesbury, (Acc nos 57-58 65 (2)) Ashmolean (Acc nos 1941 876-881, 934-938 (2)) and Oxford University museums (B3 and B6).
Incorrect grid ref. According to Mr G Pusey, Deverills Pit, now disused, is a southward extension of Pusey's Pit centred at SU 94708387. No further finds and no further information (B10).

SU 946 846 (approx). Seven Pa hand axes found at Pusey's Pit, E Burnham, are in Oxford University Museum. SU 946 839 Crow Piece Lane. Finds comprise seven hand axes, one unretouched flake and two miscellaneous marked fragments. In the possession of M H H Bayley (B12).
According to Mr G Pusey, the disused pit centred SU 9470 8400 is Pusey's Pit. Mr Bayley indicated the findspot of the implement still held by him at SU 9463 8395 on the W margin of the pit. No further finds made (B10).


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