Find Spot record 0534810000 - DUNTON BRICKWORKS,LEY HILL

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in a Dunton brickworks clay pit

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0072 Length 0140 mm
Plan Form - OVATE
OVATE HAND AXE, DAMAGED POINT, FOUND BY ROBERT CATO DURING PROCESSING OF CLAY DUG AT DUNTON BRICKWORKS. MR CATO IS CERTAIN AXE WAS NOT DUMPED OR BROUGHT IN BUT CAME FROM DUG CLAY. ORIGINALLY TAKEN TO VERULAMIUM MUSEUM FOR IDENTIFICATION (PHOTO OF AXE FILED) (B5-6)
Site mentioned in English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, not shown on asssociated mapping (B9)

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC10515 Map: OS 6INCH MAPS 1ST EDIT.(1873/1883);1925 EDIT.1:100 00 EDIT.(1976),25INCH MAP (1925)..
  • <2>SBC7043 Bibliographic reference: KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1924-1939.TOWN AND COUN TRY DIRECTORIES LTD.1926.
  • <3>SBC1576 Bibliographic reference: BCM TAPE NO.2,INTERVIEW WITH DUNTON BROS EMPLOYEES ,JAN.1979.
  • <4>SBC2017 Bibliographic reference: BUCKS COUNTY MUSEUM 1980 GAZETTEER OF BUCKINGHAMSH IRE BRICKYARDS 1800-1980 P24.
  • <5>SBC2595 Bibliographic reference: CATO R, JUNE 1988.
  • <6>SBC6429 Bibliographic reference: HOLGATE V (VERULAMIUM MUSEUM) & FARLEY ME ,JAN 1990.
  • <7>SBC4888 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E (BCM) SEPT 1997 SITE VISIT.
  • <9>SBC23341 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 7 (Thames) and 10 (Warwickshire Avon). Site p181.

Location

Grid reference SP 98650 01850 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish LATIMER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12128)

Record last edited

Mar 4 2009 11:46AM

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