Find Spot record 0220100000 - LITTLE MISSENDEN
Summary
Palaeolithic flint handaxe found by side of road in 1890s.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Description
OVATE TYPE HANDAXE. WELL MADE, SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. POSSIBLY MADE ON A FLAKE. PART OF TIP BROKEN IN ANTIQUITY. THICK OCHREOUS PATINA. HEAVILY ROLLED. FOUND BY MR W WRIGHT IN 1890'S AT SIDE OF ROAD, POSSIBLY IN HEAP OF ROAD-MENDERS' GRAVEL (B1).
TYPICAL MID ACHEULIAN TYPE (B2-3).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, probably an import (B4-5).
A palaeolithic sub-ovate flint hand-axe was found at Little Missenden (SU 92 99) (B3)
Palaeolithic handaxe from Little Missenden, was in Aylesbury Museum (B6).
No exact provenance. Found in the parish in the 1890's by W Wright (B1).
'Found at side of road in gravel heap', (Acc No 57.63 (b7)) (B4).
NRHE Insert 1998, Updates 1997, 1999 (B8).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC2090 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
- <2>SBC1021 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 57.63.
- <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p160.
- <4>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-2 No.2 p179.
- <5>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.2.
- <6>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <7>SBC28414 Verbal communication: Dr K P Oakley. 1941. Comments from Dr K P Oakley 20.10.41.
- <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91000 98000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find? (EBC12893)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Nov 20 2025 11:06AM
