Monument record 0408401000 - NE OF WAPSEY'S WOOD

Summary

Mesolithic to Bronze Age flint artefacts found in Wapsey's Wood

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FLINT SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)

Description

A NUMBER OF FLINT TOOLS FOUND BY MR E C ROUSE, 1920-1930 IN FIELD NE OF WAPSEY'S WOOD, E OF BELL HOTEL, CENTRED AT NGR. INCLUDES MESOLITHIC CORE (01:001), HAMMERSTONE (01:002); POLISHED AXE (01:003); PICK (01:004); SCRAPERS (01:005); BORERS (01:006); FLAKES (0 1:007); 'SPEAR HEAD' (01:008)(SEE DETAILS FILED(B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC6255 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS PP53,152 & FIG 17(1).
  • <2>SBC1044 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1957. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <3>SBC14837 Bibliographic reference: STAINTON MRS B A 1977 (SEE ABSTRACT FROM HER PAPER ,FILED).

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 9741 8926 (410m by 290m)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10006)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC10013)

Record last edited

Nov 27 2023 9:33PM

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