Find Spot record 0062702000 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

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Neolithic flint axehead found in excavation

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

BLADE OF POLISHED AXE OF GREENSTONE (ILLUS) (B1).
MACROSCOPICALLY, ROCK APPEARS TO BE GREENISH-GREY FINE & CLOSE GRAINED ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCK (FULL DESCRIPTION), SOURCE: NEAR ST IVES, CORNWALL (B7).
BLUISH FINE GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK WEATHERING TO A LIGHT GREY. SLICED 1938. ST IVES: GROUP V (B8).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC6205 Article in serial: J F Head (with contributions from W F Grimes, F G Parsons, F C Fraser, A S Kennard & J Cecil Mary). 1938. 'THE EXCAVATION OF THE COP ROUND BARROW, BLEDLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 13 PP313-351. Vol 13, part 5.
  • <7>SBC6892 Article in serial: 1941. KEILLER A, PIGGOTT S & WALLIS F S 1941 'THE PETROLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF STONE AXES', IN PPS 7 (NEW SERIES) P58. Vol 7.
  • <8>SBC2750 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 6 (FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 77330 01090 (point)
Civil Parish BLEDLOW-CUM-SAUNDERTON, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Excavation of round barrow at The Cop (EBC10021)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2024 12:34AM

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