Monument record 0040200000 - MANOR DRIVE, AYLESBURY

HOARD DISCOVERED WHEN IT FELL OUT OF THE SIDE OF A SOAKAWAY BEING CONSTRUCTED. HOARD WAS IN A POCKET OF VERY COMPACT DARK SOIL, 30-45CM DOWN. EXCAVATIONS 5 DAYS LATER FOUND NO FILL WAS LEFT (B1).
SP82681459. Aylesbury Manor Drive. A Late Bronze Age hoard was discovered in April 1973 by Mr D Ottridge in his garden. He has kindly donated it on loan to the County Museum. The hoard is of the Carp's Tongue Complex of the C7th BC, and consists of seven socketed axes, two winged axes, one palstave, and several lumps of bronze cake. All of the axes have ribbed decoration, save for one which has 'winged' decoration. Both of the winged axes are broken as is common with this type of hoard. No further objects were recovered from the area around the hoard. Although a number of isolated bronzes have been found in Bucks, this is only the fifth recorded instance where more than three bronze objects have been found together, and the first Carp's Tongue hoard. THE FIRST SUCH IN BUCKS (B3-4).

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