SWILLY POND, 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
Lower to Middle Paleolithic flint handaxe found in Swilly Pond
Dimensions - Width 0070 mm
SMALL MID ACHEULIAN TYPE AXE. TIP BROKEN RECENTLY. WELL MADE WITH SOFT HAMMER TECHNIQUE. SOME CORTEX REMAINING AT BUTT. GREY FLINT, THIN MOTTLED PATINA, ROLLED (B1-2).
SWILLY POND ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROA D TO DEVERILL'S PIT, AND IS FORMED AT THE BOTTOM OF A DISUSED PIT CENTRED AT NGR (B3-4).
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 (B5-6).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Lower to Middle Paleolithic flint handaxe found in Swilly Pond
Date Listed
n/a