Find Spot record 0239701000 - 400M S OF IVER CHURCH

Summary

Lower to Middle Palaeolithic flint handaxe found south of Iver church

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 66mm, Width 52mm.
SMALL, IRREGULAR OVOID/TRIANGULAR HAND AXE. GREY PATINA, WELL ROLLED. SAID TO COME 400M SOUTH OF IVER CHURCH, WHICH WOULD BE IN APPROX AREA OF EVERLASTING TILE CO (00:000) (B4).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey, pit levelled, posibly site referred to by Lacaille & Oakley as the Slough & Langley Brickworks (B5-6).

Sources (3)

  • <4>SBC2053 Index: BUCKS PALAEOLITHIC INDEX.
  • <5>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site MTV-3 No.16 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SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.16.

Location

Grid reference TQ 03600 80700 (point)
Civil Parish IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Aug 9 2022 1:56PM

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