Find Spot record 0056200000 - HAMPDEN BOTTOM

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Bronze Age metalwork found

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 97mm.
SOCKETED AXE FOUND BY MR W W CROXFORD, GREAT HAMPDEN, C.1959, IN GRAVEL SOIL C.3FT. DOWN (SKETCH MAP SHOWS LOCATION) (B1).
SP 865 023 A single-looped bronze socketed axe of waisted type was dug up in about 1959 by W W Croxford at Great Hampden. The loop was broken off by the finder.
Length of axe: 97mm (ILLUS)(B2).


Mr W W Croxford was unable to give further siting information. He retains the axe (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC3204 Unpublished document: CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN W. CROXFORD, MISBOURNE COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL AND BCM; ALSO MR. CROXFORD'S SKETCH MAP (FILED).
  • <2>SBC13635 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1962 17 P128 AND FIG.3 OPP.P.129.
  • <3>SBC29086 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 10-OCT-74.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 86500 02300 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 11 2026 12:36PM

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