Find Spot record 0205500000 - LONG BOTTOM GRAVEL PIT
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0117 mm Width 0075
Plan Form - OVOID
PRESENTED BY MISS HELEN THOMPSON TO BRITISH MUSEUM. IMPERFECT AT BOTH ENDS, LIGHT OCHREOUS PATINA, ROLLED, ALMOST PARALLEL SIDE-EDGES, RECENT FRACTURE CRACKS VISIBLE. FOUND IN GRAVEL PIT (B1).
TIP BROKEN, FINISHED WITH SOFT HAMMER, IRREGULAR PROFILE, OCHREOUS PATINA (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6)
A palaeolith, found in a gravel pit (probably at SU 958915) in Long Bottom, between Seer Green and the Beaconsfield golf links, was presented to the British Museum last year (1926) by Miss Helen Thomson. The implement, which is slightly rolled with almost parallel side edges and a light ochreous patina, seems to be of the same type (St Acheul) as that found at Knotty Green (SU 99 SW 6) (B1).
Palaeolithic handaxe from Long Bottom c SU 963913) (B7).
Palaeolithic cleaver c SU 963913) Now in the British Museum. (Acc No 1926.12.8.1) (B8).
NRHE insert 1998 (B9).
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 (9)
- <1>SBC460 Article in serial: ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 7 (1927) PP314-315.
- <2>SBC2041 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <3>SBC8468 Map: MEF FROM OS SIX INCH MAP (1960).
- <4>SBC11214 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 99 SE 11 (NOT RETAINED).
- <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CV-3 No.25 p172.
- <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. CV-3 No.25.
- <7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <8>SBC28365 Unpublished document: J Wymer. 1968. Lower Palaeolithic Archaeology in Britain, as represented by the Thames Valley.
- <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 959 916 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | SEER GREEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16803)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Nov 24 2025 10:33AM
