Find Spot record 0539100000 - GAWCOTT VILLAGE

Summary

Neolithic stone axe re-used as paving cobble in front of house.

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Width 65mm, Length 115mm.
STONE AXE APPARENTLY MADE FROM A GREENISH GREY FINE-GRAINED DIORITE (?). FOUND IN GAWCOTT VILLAGE, IT FORMED 1 OF THE STONES OF A PAVEMENT BEFORE A FRONT DOOR OF A COTTAGE. 19TH CENTURY DRAWING IN FILE (B1-2).
CORRESPONDENCE ON MAGICAL USES OF STONE AXES, IN FILE (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC3210 Unpublished document: 1984. CORRESPONDENCE FROM GUERNSEY MUSEUM MAY 1984 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC4376 Graphic material: DRAWING FROM LUKIS MSS 'COLLECTANEA ANTIQUA' 6 P152 (ORIGINAL IN GUERNSEY MUSEUM. PHOTOCOPY FILED).
  • <3>SBC3199 Unpublished document: Leslie Grinsell & Jack Head. 1957. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN L.V.GRINSELL AND J.F.HEAD (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 68200 31900 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Record last edited

Jan 14 2024 2:53PM

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