Find Spot record 0439100002 - ARETE ABOVE VELVET LAWN

Summary

Late Bronze Age metalwork found in metal-detecting survey

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0067 mm
Plan Form - DOUBLE EDGED
SUB-RECTANGULAR SOCKET, PERFORATED FOR RIVET. AT LEAST HALF OF BLADE MISSING. BLADE HAS LOZENGE SHAPED CROSS SECTION. SOCKET LENGTH 29MM, WIDTH 24MM. OVERALL LENGTH 67MM (B1). PART OF HOARD.

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC3254 Unpublished document: 1978. CRITOPH MR D & FARLEY M E, OCT 1978 (DRAWINGS BY MRS B ELLIOTT, FILED).
  • <2>SBC3253 Bibliographic reference: CRITOPH MR D & FARLEY M E, DEC 1978 & FIELD VISIT BY M E FARLEY.
  • <3>SBC2212 Article in monograph: Colin Burgess & David Coombs (ed). 1979. 'BRONZE AGE HOARDS: SOME FINDS OLD AND NEW', IN BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS 67 PP145-146, FIG 7. No 67 (BAR British Series).
  • <4>SBC3345 Unpublished document: Hal Dalwood. 1984. MDA CARDS.
  • <5>SBC29201 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1978. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 4, pp656-665. Vol 20, part 4. p657.

Location

Grid reference SP 83380 06200 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14001)
  • Event - Intervention: Metal detecting (EBC10226)

Record last edited

Jul 2 2026 12:33PM

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