Find Spot record 0098100000 - THE END COTTAGE, WHITELEAF

Summary

Neolithic stone axehead found in garden. The axe is now in Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury (accession number 21/1954). The findspot was indicated to an Ordnance Survey field investigator by the finder.

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FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0074 mm Width 0060 mm Depth/Thickness 0029 mm
PART OF AXE OF CUMBRIAN STONE (B1). HALF A STONE AXE. VERY FINE-GRAINED, GREY-GREEN, BANDED TUFF WITH CONSPICUOUS PATINA ON WEATHERED SURFACE. VERY SIMILAR TO TUFF FROM PIKE O'STICKLE (GROUP VI)(ILLUS). FOUND BY MR WHITE IN GARDEN IN WHITELEAF VILLAGE (B2). (DESCRIPTION & ANALYSIS)(B3). FOUND AT NGR (B4).

Half of a Neolithic Stone axe was found by Mr White in a garden at Whiteleaf village (SP 818042) in 1942. Petrologically examined and considered to be very similar to
Group VI (B1).
Now in Bucks Co Museum. Acc number 21/1954. Loaned by Mrs A Young, Manor Cottage, Bledlow (B5).
The axe was found while digging a cess-pit in the garden on the S side of 'The End Cottage', Whiteleaf. The finder, Mr J S Whyte, was able to indicate on the ground the exact find-spot, at SP 81840406 (B6).

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

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<1>SBC1168 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,21.54.
<2>SBC13632 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1952 15 PP321-322 (NOTE BY MRS.A.YO UNG AND REPORT BY MRS.J.E.MOREY,PETROLOGICAL DEPT.
<3>SBC2751 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 1 (FILED).
<4>SBC9865 Bibliographic reference: NAR SP80 SW14,OCTOBER 1974.
<5>SBC13633 Article in serial: T A Hume. 1954. 'The Society: Recent Accessions', in Records of Buckinghamshire 16, part 1 p60-61. Vol 16. p61.
<6>SBC29095 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 17-OCT-74.
<7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 1998.

Location

Grid reference	SP 81840 04060 (point)
Civil Parish	PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Event - Intervention: (EBC12006)

Record last edited

Feb 12 2026 10:50AM