COOPER'S PIT, EAST BURNHAM
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Twentieth century gravel pit called Cooper's Pit.
COOPER'S PIT AKA BOND'S PIT & EAST BURNHAM PIT, OPERATIONAL DURING 1930'S. GREAT NUMBER OF PALEOLITHS FOUND HERE (B1-4).
DISCUSSION OF GEOLOGY, & SECTIONS (B1).
PHOTO (B5).
BOYN HILL TERRACE GRAVELS (B3).
PIT NOW REFILLED, BUT CENTRED AT NGR ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENT MR G PUSEY (B4).
Two large pits (Cooper's Pit and Deverill's Pit), the former immediately north of the other. Treacher collected from here and recorded his material as 'Burnham Beeches' and did not distinguish in most instances between the two pits (the Boyn Hill Gravel is one continuous spread). Some sections were cut in 1954 in the basal gravels remaining of Deverill's Pit and several flakes were found in-situ. In 1995-6 Cooper's Pit had been levelled, landscaped and a house built within it; Deverill's Pit had a house within it at the north end and was part of the adjacent landfill site at the other end. Assessed as a Lower Palaeolithic find spot of particular importance (B6-7).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Twentieth century gravel pit called Cooper's Pit.
Date Listed
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