Find Spot record 0042100000 - THE COPPICE, 32 DAWS HILL LANE

Summary

Neolithic flint borer found whilst gardening - Three worked flints were picked up in the back garden of The Coppice, 32 Daws Hill Lane by the occupier Mr G H Baker, who retained them. They include a piercer/borer; a broken core, and the butt end of a Neolithic chipped axe. (Sketches in Bucks County Museum card index). The three worked flints and two others retained by Mr G H Baker were found by him "over 20 years ago" whilst digging a pit in his garden at SU 86399171.

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FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0063 mm Depth/Thickness 0010 Width 0037
PIERCER/BORER (SKETCH FILED) FOUND WHILST DIGGING A PIT IN BACK GARDEN BY MR G H BAKER, 'OVER 20 YEARS AGO' (B1).
AT NGR (B3).

(SU 86399172) Three worked flints were picked up in the back garden of The Coppice, 32 Daws Hill Lane by the occupier Mr G H Baker, who keeps them. They include a iercer/borer 2 1/2" long; a broken core, and the butt end of a Neolithic chipped axe. (Sketches in Bucks County Museum card index). (B4)

The three worked flints and two others retained by Mr G H Baker were found by him "over 20 years ago" whilst digging a pit in his garden at SU 86399171. (B5)

NRHE Inseet 1998 (B6).

Sources (8)

<1>SBC798 Verbal communication: 1973. BAKER MR G H & FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, APRIL 1973.
<2>SBC5064 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1977. FARLEY M E, PERS COMM, MAY 1977.
<3>SBC11236 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1974. OS RECORD CARD SU 89 SE:41, AUG 1974.
<4>SBC28092 Digital archive: Historic England / Buckinghamshire County Museum. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 00421.
<4a>SBC28093 Verbal communication: Mr G H Baker. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments - Mr GH Baker.
<5>SBC28085 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments -F1 NKB 06-AUG-74.
<5a>SBC28094 Verbal communication: Mrs G H Baker. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments -Mrs GH Baker.
<6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 86390 91710 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Sep 4 2025 1:56PM