Find Spot record 0083600000 - MISBOURNE VALLEY

Summary

35 Neolithic flakes and one blade found fieldwalking in advance of the construction of Chalfont St Peter bypass

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age occupation and flint working site found by fieldwalking and during road construction (DBC9838)
  • Local Heritage List 2974: TEN ACRE FIELD, I.O.W. FARM (DBC10307)

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

At TQ 014 880 SITE DISCOVERED DURING WORK IN ADVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION OF CHALFONT BY-PASS, A413, AS A SCATTER OF SURFACE FINDS IN TRIANGULAR FIELD S OF RAILWAY. 36 FLAKES COLLECTED, ONLY 1 IN BLADE CATEGORY. MAY BE ASSOC WITH ENCAMPMENTS OR SPORADIC FLINT QUARRYING IN GRAVEL FLOOR OF VALLEY. BARFIELD'S SITE V (B1).

A Mesolithic site excavated by L H Barfield in 1967, and sited from his plan (scale c.5"-1 mile) to TQ 01338805. Finds in Buckinghamshire County Museum (No accession number). Details are not available but an excavation report is pending. (See TQ 08 NW 9 for site plan) (B2).
Site lies under a new road; no further information (B3).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC816 Article in serial: Lawrence Barfield. 1977. 'THE EXCAVATION OF A MESOLITHIC SITE AT GERRARDS CROSS, BUCKS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20. Vol 20. pp308-336.
  • <2>SBC29422 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 0836.
  • <3>SBC28189 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 25-SEP-74.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference TQ 01350 88050 (point)
Civil Parish GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking (EBC12863)

Record last edited

Apr 7 2026 2:44PM

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