Find Spot record 0228300000 - C1700M ENE OF ST MARY'S

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in field-walking

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 88mm.
Flat butted cordate hand axe, iron stained, probably rolled. Picked up during fieldwalking at SP8237 1950, from a terrace gravel beside a small stream (B1).

Sources (3)

  • <1>XYSBC2190 Verbal communication: Ted Bull, Doris Waterton & Mike Farley. 1975. PERS COMM, APRIL 1975. [Mapped feature: #51042 ]
  • <2>SBC27179 Verbal communication: Ted Bull (CMAG) & Mike Farley (BCM). 1975. PERS COMM, OCT 1975.
  • <3>SBC24282 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 9 (Great Ouse Drainage) and 12 (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds). pp45-6.

Location

Grid reference SP 8237 1950 (point)
Civil Parish HARDWICK, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking (EBC17054)

Record last edited

Feb 7 2025 2:31PM

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