Find Spot record 0220100000 - LITTLE MISSENDEN

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found by side of road in 1890s.

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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).

Sources (5)

  • <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SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.

Location

Grid reference SU 91000 98000 (point)
Civil Parish LITTLE MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed find? (EBC12893)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 11:08PM

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