Find Spot record 0510600000 - MURSLEY

Summary

Neolithic polished flint axe found on ground surface

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 139mm, Width 56mm, Thickness 31mm.
POLISHED AXE. MOST OF CHIPPING POLISHED DOWN. INTERIOR OF FLINT GREY, BROKEN AT BUTT AND BLADE. DRAWING FILED. PICKED UP IN MUD AT GATEWAY TO SMALL COPSE ONCE CONTAINING A COTTAGE BY MISS EMMA TREEN (B1).
LOANED TO BCM (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>XYSBC8664 Verbal communication: 1982. MISS EMMA TREEN AND M.E .FARLEY, PERS COMM, MARCH 1982. [Mapped feature: #4551 ]
  • <2>SBC1532 Unpublished document: BCM LOANS REGISTER..

Location

Grid reference SP 8176 2824 (point)
Civil Parish MURSLEY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12958)

Record last edited

Jan 4 2024 12:34AM

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