Find Spot record 0257200000 - 'THE LITTLE HOUSE',PENN RD.

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found whilst gardening at a house on Penn Road

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0065 Length 0095 mm
CORDATE HANDAXE WITH REVERSE S TWIST (PARTICULARLY ON 1 SIDE); POINTED TIP, FLAT BUTT. UNROLLED. OVERALL PATINA. FOUND BY MR.VICTOR ROLFE IN GARDEN WHILE DIGGING (B1).
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Survey (B2-3)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC9542 Bibliographic reference: Bambi Stainton. MRS.B.A.STAINTON,JA N.1977..
  • <2>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site CH-2 No.7 p180.
  • <3>SBC23342 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996.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.7.

Location

Grid reference SU 93200 93000 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12910)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2009 10:47AM

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