Find Spot record 0226200001 - IVER COURT FARM: REED'S PIT
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Description
FROM THE RED BRICKEARTH WERE PICKED SHORT LEVALLOIS TYPE FLAKES. SHARP & FRESH, THESE RANK WITH THOSE FROM THE SAME DEPOSIT IN PURSER'S & MANSION LANE PITS (B2).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B5-6).
TQ 044804. A Palaeolithic handaxe from Reed's Brickworks Pit, and possibly more material, is in the British Museum, together with another handaxe from Iver Court Farm, adjacent to the brickworks (B7).
In an area of development and reclamation, part of the area of the former pit is still owned by the Reed family. Mr E Reed (a) confirmed the location of the pit, and indicated on the OS 6" its former maximum extent. No further information on Iver Court Farm find (B8).
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 (6)
- <2>SBC7201 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1959. 'PALEOLITHS FROM BRICKEARTH IN SE BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP274-288. Vol 16.
- <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-3 No.15 p72.
- <6>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey: Regions 7 and 10: North of the Thames and Warwickshire Avon. MTV-3 No.15.
- <7>SBC20347 Article in monograph: D A Roe. 1968. 'A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites', in CBA Research Report 8.
- <8>SBC29430 Unpublished document: J R Linge. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 21-JUN-74.
- <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 04300 80500 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- LEVALLOIS FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC10452)
- Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)
Record last edited
Apr 9 2026 12:59PM
