Site Event/Activity record ECH4471 - Chance find near The Bagstones in Wincle

A paleolithic hand axe said to have been unearthed at a depth of ten feet below the modern ground level, in a bed of gravel, during well or ditch digging in the nineteenth century. There appears to be some disparity between the two texts which record this event, on where the axe was found. (1) states that the axe was found during drain digging, whereas (2) refers to a well. Historic Ordnance Survey maps from the nineteenth century show that an area of scrub was cleared to the south of The Bagstones and this seemed to involve the construction of some drainage works. C.250m to the west of the Bagstones is Honeywall (originally Honeyfall) well. Both could be conjectured to be the findspot. For the purposes of our the County Historic Environment we record the findspot as The Bagstones, which is located at approximately SJ96036513 (3).