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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 280 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | PALAEOLITHIC FLINT IMPLEMENTS, HIGHBURY PIT, HITCHIN |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 193 287 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL12NE |
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| Parish: | North Hertfordshire (Non Civil Parish), North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 400000 BC to 8501 BC)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Palaeolithic - 400000 BC to 8501 BC)
Full description
Palaeolithic flint implements listed as: four Acheulian handaxes, Hitchin Museum (Acc 68, 71, 75, 76); two handaxes, Hitchin Museum (Acc 74, 82); twenty nine flint scrapers, BM (Acc 1915 12-8 233-261); six flint implements, BM (Acc 1915 86 6-21 1-6) <1>.
The NGR is that of the larger of two gravel pits in this area.
<1> Morris Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SHT7108.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Unpublished document: Morris Gazetteer. |
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