Find Spot record 0545000000 - POTATO FIELD, COUNTY FARM

Summary

Middle Iron Age weaving comb found in potato field

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 80mm, Width 30mm, Thickness 10mm.
WEAVING COMB, CONCAVO-CONVEX SECTION WITH 8 TEETH, ALL BROKEN JUST ABOVE COMB SHAFT. INCISED AND LINEAR DECORATION. HIGH DEGREE OF POLISH ON SHAFT PROBABL Y DUE TO WEAR AND ON BACK CUTTING MARKS VISIBLE WHERE BONE HAD BEEN SHAPED. ONLY 2ND IN BUCKS (CF.STANTONBURY). FOUND BY MR STUART DONALDSON [DRAWING] (B1-2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>XYSBC8503 Verbal communication: 1984. MESSRS.A.AND S.DONALDSON AND M.E.FARLEY, DEC.1984 (SEE CORRESPONDENCE ETC). [Mapped feature: #5297 NGR from location shown on 6-inch OS map extract, ]
  • <2>SBC2350 Article in serial: Phil Carstairs. 1984. 'IRON AGE OCCUPATION AT LONG CRENDON', IN RECS OF BUCKS 26 PP98-99,FIG4. Vol 26.

Location

Grid reference SP 69689 09140 (point)
Civil Parish LONG CRENDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • WEAVING COMB (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC18579)

Record last edited

Jan 20 2024 2:31PM

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