Find Spot record 0202600000 - BURNHAM GORE

Summary

23 Lower to Middle Palaeolithic handaxes and one flake from Burnham Gore

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

1 POINTED AXE, 1 UNFINISHED AXE MADE ON LARGE NODULE, 1 AXE TRIMMING FLAKE. (DESCRIBED & SKETCHED)(B1-2).
21 PALEOLITHS, PRESUMED TO BE FROM BURNHAM GORE DEPOSITED AT BCM (B3).
OLD GRAVEL PIT IN BOYN HILL TERRACE, MARKED BY DEPRESSION. DURING DRAIN DIGGING IN SAME SPREAD MANY FINDS MADE (B2,B4).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC2050 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX/ BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1962.
  • <2>SBC17054 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P231.
  • <3>SBC1523 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM LOANS REGISTER.
  • <4>SBC11197 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 SW 70.
  • <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-2 No.30 p68.
  • <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.30.

Location

Grid reference SU 92400 82800 (point)
Civil Parish BURNHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Jul 26 2023 11:43AM

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