Monument record 0091300000 - ELLESBOROUGH GOLF CLUB

Summary

Possible Neolithic burial found during building of club-house

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • INHUMATION (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)

Description

Pieces of red deer antler, one showing human workmanship, an ox scapula, a flint flake and human bones, were found by Mr P Bailey in 1964, on the golf course SP 84700719, during excavations for a new clubhouse. Finds presented to the Bucks County Museum (Acc No 190.64) (1).
APPEARANCE OF BONES - LIGHT & BRITTLE - SUGGESTS MAY BE PREHISTORIC, PERHAPS NEOLITHIC (B3).
SAXON CEMETERY ALSO IN THE AREA [SEE CASS 00926].

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC875 Article in serial: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1964/RECS OF BUCKS 1964 1 7 P302..
  • <2>SBC10648 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED).
  • <3>SBC5056 Bibliographic reference: FARLEY M E MARCH 1981.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 84700 07190 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Disturbed Find (EBC17562)

Record last edited

Feb 6 2026 11:45AM

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