Find Spot record 0120502000 - FIELD 205

Summary

Tip fragment of Bronze Age axehead found during metal-detecting survey

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 34mm, Width 52mm.
TIP OF LATE BRONZE AGE SOCKETED AXE FOUND BY S BUCKS METAL DETECTOR CLUB ON 28 AUG 1983. FROM FIELD ADJOINING NW CORNER OF GREAT COCKSHOOTS WOOD, CENTRED AT NGR. MAJORITY OF FINDS BELIEVED TO HAVE COME FROM S THIRD OF FIELD. AXE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM BY THE FINDER MR R WEBB (B1).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC15037 Unpublished document: 1984. TAYLOR MR G, S BUCKS METAL DETECTOR CLUB & FARLEY M E JULY 1984.
  • <2>SBC15162 Verbal communication: TRENFIELD MR P,S BUCKS METAL DETECTOR CLUB & FARLE Y, OCT 1988.
  • <3>SBC15156 Verbal communication: TRENFIELD MR P (SBMDC) & FARLEY M E,APRIL 1990.

Location

Grid reference SU 8183 9465 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • RING MONEY (CURRENCY) (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2350 BC to 42 AD)
  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Metal detecting (EBC11195)
  • Event - Survey: Metal-detecting surveys of West Wycombe Fields 171, 205,206, 207, 268, 274, and 275 (EBC18067)

Record last edited

Jan 18 2024 5:05PM

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