Find Spot record 0036200000 - PAYNES COTTAGE, SLY CORNER

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Bronze Age socketed axe found in garden of Payne's Cottage.

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FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

AXE: PHOTO BY BRISTOL UNIV & CORRESPONDENCE WITH FURTHER INFORMATION (B1-2).
RECENTLY EXHIBITED AT LEE SCHOOL. MRS BARKER SAYS SOME CVAHS MEMBERS UNSUCCESSFULLY PROSPECTED FOR FURTHER BRONZES. LENT FOR DRAWING. FOUND BY MR. PAYNE IN ROOTS OF, OR JUST BENEATH APPLE TREE. COTTAGE NOW DEMOLISHED (B3-4).
Axehead donated to BCM (B5).

A bronze socketed axe found in 1945 (B1) at SP 91220371 by Mr Payne, is now held by Mrs Barker, Clump Farm, The Lee (B6).
The museum siting falls in the centre of what was a small garden at the rear of Payne's Cottage (now demolished). Mr Payne is now deceased but Mrs Barker confirms possession of the axe which was not available for inspection. Surveyed at 1:2500 (B7).

Sources (8)

<1>SBC13657 Article in serial: RECS.OF BUCKS 1969 18 P333. Vol18.
<2>SBC11840 Photograph: PHOTO BY BRISTOL UNIV.VIA K.BRANIGAN WITH LETTER G IVING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,JULY 1968,IN CAS ENV.
<3>SBC9574 Verbal communication: 1974. MRS.R.BARKER AND M.E.FARLEY, JULY 1974.
<4>SBC2267 Unpublished document: C.V.A.H.S.SURVEY REPORT,JUNE 1968.
<5>SBC22995 Verbal communication: Brett Thorn. 2007. Brett Thorn (BCM) to Julia Wise (BCC), November 2007.
<6>SBC29342 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 0362.
<7>SBC28406 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JRL 07-OCT-74.
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SP 9122 0371 (point)
Civil Parish	THE LEE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)

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Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16885)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2026 12:15PM