Find Spot record 0046800000 - Hampden Estate

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Bronze Age metalwork found somewhere on the Hampden estate

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

(SP 8402) Three bronze axes were found at Hampden. MR D CAMERON SHOWED ME 3 BRONZE CELTS, DUG UP ON THE HAMPDEN PROPERTY, BUT I DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN IN WHAT SPOT THEY WERE FOUND (B1-3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC13623 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1856 1 P139 (B.BURGESS).
  • <2>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p193.
  • <3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p152.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 85000 02000 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC? to 701 BC?)

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Record last edited

Feb 12 2026 2:59PM

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