Find Spot record 0497302000 - COOKS HALL LANE, HIGH WYCOMBE

Summary

Saxon metalwork found in metal-detecting survey

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  • None recorded

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 35mm, Thickness 2mm.
TAPERING, WITH HINT OF WAIST. CURVED, SNAPPED AT RIVET HOLES. SLIGHT PER-IMETER GROOVE. ZOOMORPHIC. 2 CIRCULAR HOLLOWS AT TIP & RECESSED TRIANGULAR AREA ABOVE EYES. POSSIBLE EAR (1 MISSING) & SNOUT. REAR IS PLAIN. VERY SIMILAR TO 1 FROM YOULGRAVE (WILSON: LATE SAXON METALWORK PL42, NO.136). DATED TO C9 AD (B1)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC5446 Bibliographic reference: FREEMAN F & FARLEY M E FEB 1981 (SEE NOTES ON FINDS FILED).
  • <2>SBC4338 Unpublished document: Dr C E King (Ashmolean Museum). 1984. NOTES, & BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
  • <3>SBC4973 Unpublished document: Mike Farley. 1983. FARLEY M E DEC 1983.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 8359 9494 (290m by 310m)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • STRAP END (9th Century - 800 AD to 899 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Metal-detecting (EBC1257)

Record last edited

Dec 7 2023 4:30PM

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