Find Spot record 0099900000 - PRESTWOOD

Summary

Unlocated findspot of a Neolithic flint axe found in Prestwood.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 117mm.
CHIPPED AXE. MUCH IRON STAINING. FOUND AT PRESTWOOD BY MR JOHN WIXON, JNR, 1929. DRAWING IN FILE) (B1).
AXE-HEAD NOTED (B2).

A Neolithic chipped flint axe found at Prestwood (SP 8700) was presented to the County Museum by Mr F W Reader in 1930 (Acc No 182.30 (2)) (B1 and B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC1095 Unpublished document: 1930. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,182.30,AND M.E.FARLEY,1979 (DRAWING ETC.IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 0999).
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p163.
  • <3>SBC28749 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1930. 'Acquisitions, 1930' in Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 12, Part 5, 1930. Pages 274-278.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SP 87 00 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 11:44AM

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