Find Spot record 0079200000 - GREENLANDS, HAMBLEDEN

Summary

Two Mesolithic tranchet axeheads found on ground surface

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

2 MESOLITHIC TRANCHET AXES (B1).
1 SMALL TRANCHET AXE & 1 'THAMES PICK' (B2).
PRESUMABLY B1 &2 REFER TO SAME OBJECTS (B3).
'GREENLANDS' MARKED AT NGR (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC9986 Monograph: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England & Wales. p21.
  • <2>SBC6047 Bibliographic reference: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION (MATERIAL LISTED BY G C LAMB).
  • <3>SBC5528 Bibliographic reference: G E SCRIMGEOUR, MAY 1988.
  • <4>SBC10409 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6 INCH MAP. 1:10,560.

Location

Grid reference SU 77500 85500 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 7:55PM

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