Find Spot record 0239600001 - GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY PIT

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found in Great Western Railway pit

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

HAND AXES, MAINLY FROM TREACHER & WELLCOME PREHISTORY COLLECTIONS, & 2 FROM PASSMORE EDWARDS MUSEUM (B2-5,B7-8).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, no pit visible (B11-12).

Sources (8)

  • <2>SBC7187 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1936. 'THE PALAEOLITHIC SEQUENCE AT IVER, BUCKS', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 16 PP420-443. Vol 16.
  • <3>SBC7201 Article in serial: A D Lacaille. 1959. 'PALEOLITHS FROM BRICKEARTH IN SE BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 16 PP274-288. Vol 16.
  • <4>SBC2059 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX: IVER.
  • <5>SBC17079 Bibliographic reference: WYMER J 1968 LOWER PALAEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN BRITAIN P253.
  • <7>SBC5863 Bibliographic reference: GREENWOOD P A (PASSMORE EDWARDS MUSEUM) DEC 1984 LETTER TO M E FARLEY(FILED.
  • <8>SBC2481 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 2396.
  • <11>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-3 No.13 p72.
  • <12>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.13.

Location

Grid reference TQ 03050 80000 (point)
Civil Parish IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12801)

Record last edited

Jan 26 2012 12:18PM

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