Find Spot record 0098500000 - AYLESBURY ROAD, PRINCES RISBOROUGH

Summary

Bronze Age metalwork found on the ground surface in the 1930s and reappraised in the 1980s

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 102mm.
Plan Form - TANGED
1ST BRONZE AGE CHISEL FOUND BUCKS. FLATTENED COLLAR BETWEEN TANG & BLADE. DULL GREEN PATINA. TYPE HAS WIDE DISTRIBUTION IN BRITAIN (B1).
FIND NOTED (B2-3).
REAPPRAISAL 1984 - OBJECT OF TYPE KNOWN AS TANGED LEATHER WORKING KNIFE, BY SOME AUTHORS, AS LATE BRONZE AGE WILBURTON OR EWART PARK PERIODS (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC455 Article in serial: ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 1934 14 P56 (OFFPRINT, FILED).
  • <2>SBC1520 Bibliographic reference: BCM LETTER BOOK 1933-1936: (LETTERS 103-104, AUG 1933).
  • <3>SBC1000 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1983.
  • <4>SBC3353 Unpublished document: DALWOOD C H 1984/MDA CARDS.

Location

Grid reference SP 81300 04100 (point)
Civil Parish PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • CHISEL (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • KNIFE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12833)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC1362)

Record last edited

Nov 22 2024 1:53PM

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