Find Spot record 0079000000 - LONGCOLTS WOOD,ROCKWELL END

Summary

The tip of a Neolithic axe was found north of Rockwell End, Hambleden. It is now in Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury (accession number 37:45).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2200 BC)

Description

TIP (I.E.BUTT END) OF AXE, FOUND BY MRS.PARKER, 1942 OR 1943 (B1-2).

(SU 79678853) Tip of Neolithic axe found, North of Rockwell End, Hambleden, now in Bucks County Museum (Aylesbury) (B3).

Accession Number 37:45 (a). No further information. (B4)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1191 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,37.45,AND M.E.FARLEY,APRIL 1979(AND SEE LETTER IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0790).
  • <2>SBC11328 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD,MARCH 1960 (IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 07 90).
  • <3>SBC27478 Cartographic materials: 1953. Annotated Record Map.
  • <4>SBC27479 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SU 79670 88530 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD / AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2200 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12842)

Record last edited

Jun 6 2025 2:13PM

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