Findspot - Palaeolithic handaxe, Barford.

1 A flaked flint implement of Lower Palaeolithic date found in the gravel pit near Barford village on the E bank of the Avon, about 400m from the present stream. The upper molar of a mammoth and well striated stones were also found here.
2 The axe came from the 4th terrace and is small and made of a pebble of which much of the cortex remains. The axe is somewhat waterworn and is of Acheulian date.
3 The finder was not traced and no further information was obtained. The gravel pit was possibly the one at SP2861.
4 Noted in gazetteer.