Find Spot record 0118400002 - THAMES AT BOURNE END

Summary

Middle Bronze Age dagger found in the Thames at Bourne End

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 228mm, Width 48mm.
Plan Form - OGIVAL
A MBA DAGGER OF ARRETON DOWN TYPE WAS DREDGED UP FROM 2.6M OF WATER, 400M BELOW BOURNE END RAILWAY BRIDGE. BLADE ALMOST COMPLETE & RAPIER LIKE WITH STOUT BUT BROAD & ROUNDED MIDRIB. DATED NOT LATER THAN EARLY C15 BC (B6-8).

Middle Bronze Age rapier, from below Bourne End railway bridge, Feb. 1951. Acc. No. 39:51. On loan to Reading Museum. The railway bridge is at SU 892870. (B23 and 24)

Sources (5)

  • <6>SBC1706 Index: BERKSHIRE SITES & MONUMENTS RECORD.
  • <7>SBC15240 Bibliographic reference: VCH BERKS 1 P194. Vol 1.
  • <8>SBC3463 Bibliographic reference: R F Denington. 1966. MIDDLE THAMES IN ANTIQUITY P43.
  • <23>SBC27630 Verbal communication: G H Pitcher. 1963. Field Investigators Comments - F1 GHP 09-JAN-63.
  • <24>SBC27631 Digital archive: Thames Conservancy Coll. Loan Catt.no. 93. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Thames Conservancy Coll. Loan Catt. Reading Museum, No.93..

Location

Grid reference SU 89200 87000 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • DAGGER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: River find (EBC12757)

Record last edited

Jul 7 2025 3:24PM

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