Find Spot record 0120501000 - West wycombe FIELD 171

Summary

Late Bronze to Late Iron Age finds found in metal-detecting surveys

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Radius 0006 mm
Plan Form - PENANNULAR RING. COULD BE OF ANY PERIOD BUT MOST LIKELY AN EXAMPLE OF 'RING-MONEY'. MANY ARE KNOWN FROM IRELAND AND SEVERAL FROM BRITAIN. SIMILAR EXAMPLE FOUND AT HADDENHAM, CAMBRIDGE. DATE UNCERTAIN, BUT ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE BRONZE AGE HOARD OF C. 750BC. FOUND BY MR H HANSON (SBMDC). FURTHER DETAIL FILED (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC6276 Bibliographic reference: HEAD J F 1955 EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS P169.
  • <1>SBC9448 Bibliographic reference: MR.P.TRENFIELD (SBMDC) AND M.E.FARLEY,DEC.1986 (SEE COR.
  • <2>SBC11231 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU89 NW 6 (NOT RETAINED).
  • <3>SBC15164 Unpublished document: TRENFIELD P & FARLEY M E (BCM) DEC 1986 (SEE NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE, MAP & DRAWING, FILED).

Location

Grid reference SU 81900 94950 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (4)

  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
  • RING (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)
  • RING MONEY (CURRENCY) (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 401 BC?)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Metal-detecting surveys of West Wycombe Fields 171, 205,206, 207, 268, 274, and 275 (EBC18067)

Record last edited

Nov 1 2018 11:08AM

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