Find Spot record 0402900000 - MAGPIE FARM, WINSLOW

Summary

Neolithic flints found in building works

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

NEOLITHIC FLINTS- 1 CORE-TRIMMING FLAKE (TABLET); 1 END SCRAPER; 4 STRUCK FLAKES. ALSO FOUND, IRON AGE, RB, & 'MISCELLANEOUS' POTTERY; PIPE STEM; & ?WEIGHTS. FOUND DURING BUILDING WORKS AT MAGPIE FARM, 850M NE OF WINSLOW CHURCH - NGR TO CENTRE (B1).


SP 7765 2814. A possible Neolithic end scraper, a core trimming flake and four stuck flakes were found by EJ Bull during the construction of a housing estate (B2).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (3)

  • <1>XYSBC2145 Verbal communication: Ted Bull. 1977. BULL E J, JUNE 1977, PERS COMM. [Mapped features: #34 Polygon copied from area of finds scatter shown on old SMR 1:10,000 OS quarter sheet map, ; #49927 NGR to centre of finds scatter, ]
  • <2>SBC28575 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1977. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 3, pages 478 - 491, 1977. p483.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7765 2812 (160m by 204m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (3)

  • CORE DEBITAGE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Informal watching brief during building works (EBC18639)

Record last edited

Jun 15 2026 12:48PM

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