Find Spot record 0098100000 - THE END COTTAGE, WHITELEAF

Summary

Neolithic stone axehead found in garden

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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).

Sources (4)

  • <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.

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

Oct 19 2022 11:34AM

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