Find Spot record 0205400000 - CHILTERN HILLS ROAD

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in Seer Green. The object was found in gravel during excavations for the foundations of a house. The object was found under turf during house construction in an area of Glacial Sand and Gravel geology.

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FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0180 mm Width 0092
SHARP, POINTED HAND AXE OF ACHEULEAN TYPE FROM NEAR SEER GREEN, FOUND C.15CM BELOW TURF UNDER GRAVEL BALLAST, BY MR A DAY (B1).
LOCATION GIVEN HERE AS 'LAVENDON', CHILTERN HILLS ROAD, DURING HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. TIP BROKEN (B2). 'LAVENDON' NOT LOCATED, NGR TO CENTRE OF ROAD (B3).
DESCRIBED (B4).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6)

A Pa handaxe purchased by the British Museum (Acc No 1927 10 10 1) is variously sited to Chiltern Hills Rd, Beaconsfield (b12) (SU 932907) and to "Lavendon" near Seer Green (SU 9691) (b5 and 6). Found in gravel during excavations for the foundations of a house (B7).

The first-hand information of the BM accession register is more likely to be correct, but there is no house named Lavendon nor a Chiltern Hills Rd at Seer Green. No further information (B8).
NRHE insert 1998 (B12).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (13)

<1>SBC461 Article in serial: ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 7 1927 PP314-315.
<2>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
<3>SBC12031 Verbal communication: PIKE A R FIELD VISIT 29 JUNE 1978.
<4>SBC17076 Bibliographic reference: John Wymer. 1968. LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P251.
<5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-2 No.9 p180.
<6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CH-2 No.9.
<7>SBC28434 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghashire County Museum Card Index No 2054.
<8>SBC28435 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JRL 09-OCT-74.
<9>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p32.
<10>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8. p25.
<11>SBC28365 Unpublished document: J Wymer. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain, as represented by the Thames Valley. p251.
<12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
<12>SBC28436 Unpublished document: British Museum. British Museum Accession Register.

Location

Grid reference	SU 93300 90700 (point)
Civil Parish	BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish	SEER GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16802)
Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Nov 26 2025 2:49PM