Monument record 0242203000 - CRUTCHES WOOD, JORDANS

Summary

Mesolithic to early Bronze Age flint scatter found in Crutches Wood

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FLINT SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

FOLLOWING UPROOTING OF TREES IN JAN 1990 GALES, GROUND CLEARED & PLOUGHED BEFORE REPLANTING. SYSTEMATIC FIELDWALKING IN CLEARED AREA IN 20M SQUARES. NO CONCENTRATION OF WASTE OR TOOLS, JUST A SPREAD OVER WHOLE AREA. STRUCK FLAKES FAIRLY LARGE & OF GOOD QUALITY FLINT (SEE 03:001-002 & LISTS, FILED)(B3-4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC1400 Verbal communication: Bambi Stainton & Mike Farley. 1976. Pers Comm, May 1976.
  • <2>SBC12303 Graphic material: PLAN OF CRUTCHES WOOD AND AREAS OF FINDS RECOVERY.
  • <3>XYSBC2818 Article in serial: CHAFFEY MRS J & FARLEY M E DEC 1990/JOURNAL OF THE CHESS VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY . [Mapped features: #1577 ; #29278 ]
  • <4>SBC20083 Unpublished document: Janet Chaffey. 1997. Report of struck flints collected during fieldwalking at Crutches Wood in 1990.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 97155 91259 (199m by 210m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface collection (fieldwalking) (EBC11351)

Record last edited

Jun 9 2020 7:02AM

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