Find Spot record 0009100000 - FIELD BY COCK LANE

Summary

An unpolished Neolithic flint axe was found by Mr C King on a ploughed field. I was retained by Mr King, though a drawing is in Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury. The precise findspot of the flint axe was indicated on the Ordnance Survey 1:1250 by Mr King.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Depth/Thickness 0016 m Width 0036
UNPOLISHED AXE, PIECE BROKEN OFF AT BUTT END, BASIC FLINT GREY. NOT OF GOOD QUALITY. SMALL PATCH OF CORTEX AT CUTTING END. ON SIDE NOT DRAWN IS SOME RESOLVED FLAKING. FLAKING FAIRLY ROUGH. FOUND BY MR C E STUART KING. DRAWING ON CAS CARD 0091(B1). PRECISE FINDSPOT INDICATED ON 1:2500 MAP BY FINDER(B2)

SU 89059215 An unpolished Neolithic flint axe was found by Mr C King on a ploughed field. Retained by Mr King; drawing in the County Museum (B3).

The precise findspot of the flint axe (88mm long) was indicated on the OS 1:1250 by Mr CES King who found it on the surface and retained it. (B4 and B5).

NRHE Insert 1998 (B6).

Sources (6)

  • <1>SBC9388 Bibliographic reference: MR.C.E.STUART KING (WHO BROUGHT AXE TO BCM FOR IDE NTIFICATION) AND M.E.FARLEY,1972.
  • <2>SBC10634 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD (IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0091)..
  • <3>SBC27825 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1972. Records of Buckinghamshire volume 19, Part 2. p217.
  • <4>SBC28089 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments -F1 NKB 08-AUG-74.
  • <5>SBC28091 Verbal communication: Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments - Mr CES King.
  • <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 89050 92150 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12869)

Record last edited

Sep 4 2025 12:57PM

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