Find Spot record 0230000001 - BRICK KILN FARM, FIELD 'B'

Summary

Palaeolithic flint handaxe found at Brick Kiln Farm

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Thickness 31mm, Length 114mm, Width 73mm.
Plan Form - Pear shaped.
MID ACHEULIAN HANDAXE, OVATE ON THICK FLAKE (B1).
FOUND BY W FILBY (B2).
DRAWN (B4).
AXE HAS AN IRREGULAR PYRIFORM SHAPE, ROUGHLY OVATE & HAS LOST SOME OUTLINE. BUTT OF ROUGH CORTEX. GOOD SOFT HAMMER FLAKING. MUCH WEATHERED & EXFOLIATED BUT NOT WATER ROLLED, WITH LATER DAMAGE. SOME IRON STAINING (B5).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC10030 Bibliographic reference: OAKLEY K P (IDENTIFICATION).
  • <2>SBC16351 Unpublished document: W Filby. PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO SITE (CAS ENVELOPE FILE 02300)..
  • <3>SBC3321 Map: CVAHS FIELD GROUP,SKETCH MAP OF AREAS FIELDWALKED 1975 AND 1978 (CAS ENVELOPE FILE 2300).
  • <4>SBC719 Graphic material: Bambi Stainton. MEASURED DRAWINGS OF PALAEOLITHIC HAND AXES FROM CAS 2300.
  • <5>SBC6875 Article in serial: JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1991 PP24-25.
  • <6>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). p210, CH 2/4.
  • <7>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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. 4.
  • <8>SBC29005 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1975. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 1, pp134-145. Vol 20, part 1. p135.

Location

Grid reference SP 94650 00050 (point)
Civil Parish CHARTRIDGE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12871)
  • Event - Survey: The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project (EBC18748)

Record last edited

Jun 21 2026 5:43PM

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