Find Spot record 0511900000 - ADJACENT TO KINGFISHER LODGE

Summary

Neolithic flint axe found close to the Thames in Medmenham

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

CHIPPED AXE, MADE FROM SURFACE FLINT. PART OF BUTT HAS BEEN BROKEN. FOUND BY MR DAVID ROCKELL BY SMALL FOOTBRIDGE OVER DITCH RUNNING PARALLEL TO THAMES, ADJACENT TO THE LODGE, C.90M E OF DANESFIELD SAILING CLUB BENEATH CHALK CLIFF ON WHICH DANESFIELD STANDS (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC9396 Verbal communication: 1982. MR.D.ROCKELL AND M.E.FARLEY, APRIL 1982 (SEE ALSO MAP IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 01734).
  • <2>SBC29037 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1982. 'Archaeological Notes from Buckinghamshire County Museum' in Records of Buckinghamshire 24, pp171-175. Vol 24. p172.

Location

Grid reference SU 81710 84230 (point)
Civil Parish MEDMENHAM, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12874)

Record last edited

Jul 2 2026 4:57PM

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