Find Spot record 0062703102 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Early Bronze Age flint knife found in excavation, possibly from the primary burial in the barrow

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 57mm, Width 29mm.
Plan Form - PLANO-CONVEX
AMONGST DISTURBED FILL OF PRIMARY BURIAL WERE MANY FLINTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS A DISTINCTIVE PLANO-CONVEX KNIFE, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF FOOD-VESSEL BURIALS, LENDING WEIGHT TO THE DATING OF THE PRIMARY INTERMENT (ILLUS) (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <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.

Location

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

Finds (1)

  • PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2024 12:31AM

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