Find Spot record 0118400004 - Thames at Bourne End

Summary

Bronze Age sword found downstream from Townsend's boat house in 1950.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

A LBA SWORD FOUND DOWNSTREAM OF TOWNSEND'S BOATYARD, BOURNE END (B6-8).

Late Bronze Age sword, found downstream from Townsend's boat house,Bourne End,in 1950. Acc. No. 57:50. On loan to Reading Museum. (B15)

Townsend's boat house is at SU 8910 8726. Find sited to area centred at SU 891871. (B16)

NRHE Insert 1998 (B18)

Sources (7)

  • <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.
  • <15>SBC27608 Verbal communication: G H Pitcher. 1963. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments - F1 GHP 18-JAN-1963.
  • <16>SBC27609 Verbal communication: E Geary. 1963. Field Investigator comments - F2 EG 18-FEB-63.
  • <17>SBC27610 Unpublished document: Externally held archive reference- Thames Conservancy Coll., Loan Cat. Reading Mus., No. 87.
  • <18>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 892 870 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SWORD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: River find (EBC12711)

Record last edited

Jul 4 2025 3:16PM

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