Find Spot record 0088400000 - BY-PASS, WEST WYCOMBE/OXFORD

Summary

Middle Bronze Age metalwork found during road construction- A Bronze Age palstave was found when constructing the Oxford Road by-pass. It is now in Aylesbury Museum (accession number 141/36).

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

PALSTAVE FOUND DURING CONSTRUCTION OF BY-PASS ROAD FROM WEST WYCOMBE TO OXFORD (B1).
ILLUSTRATION (B2)
OLD BCM 6 INCH RECORD MAP MARKS FINDSPOT AT NGR (B3).
DRAWING (B4).
'SHIELD-PATTERN TYPE PALSTAVE (CLASS1,GROUP1), MIDDLE BRONZE AGE 1 (B5).
CATALOGUED AS AYBCM: 141X36 (B6).

Bronze palstave found 1928 (SU 79899457) (B7).

Bronze palstave found when constructing the Oxford Road by-pass (West Wycombe-Oxford), now in Aylesbury Museum. (141/36) (B8).

NRHE Insert 1999 (B9)

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC1085 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,141.36.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp60,169; Fig 19 (No.2).
  • <3>SBC1557 Map: BCM OLD RECORD MAP (SIX-INCH).
  • <4>SBC4380 Graphic material: DRAWING IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0884.
  • <5>SBC13832 Bibliographic reference: ROWLANDS M J 1976 PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METALWORK IN THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN S.BRITAIN, I .
  • <6>SBC2254 Bibliographic reference: C.H.DALWOOD,1984/ MDA CARDS.
  • <7>SBC27555 Cartographic materials: Annotated Record Map.
  • <8>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p60.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 79890 94570 (point)
Civil Parish WEST WYCOMBE RURAL, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Record last edited

Jun 20 2025 2:42PM

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