Find Spot record 0062703401 - BLEDLOW COP, WAIN HILL

Summary

Late Bronze Age antler horsegear found in excavation

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0130 mm
Plan Form - CURVED
CHEEKPIECE FOUND IN PIT WITH OX BONES (B1).
CHEEKPIECE MADE FROM RED DEER TINE. CENTRAL PERFORATION 33 X 10MM, 2 STRAP SOCKETS AT ENDS, 14 X 10MM, PEG HOLES, 7MM DIAMETER. PERFORATED AT EACH END AS FAR AS STRAP SOCKETS, 7MM DIAM, ?FOR DECORATIVE TERMINALS. (COMPARISON, ILLUS & RECONSTRUCTION): C8-C7 BC (B13).

Sources (2)

  • <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.
  • <13>SBC1916 Article in serial: BRITNELL W J 1976 ANTLER CHEEKPIECES OF THE BRITISH LATE BRONZE AGE, IN ANTIQUARIESJOURNAL56PP24-34".

Location

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

Finds (1)

  • BRIDLE BIT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 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 12:38AM

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