Find Spot record 0123700000 - SCHOOL GARDEN, LEE COMMON

Summary

Middle Bronze Age metalwork found in school garden in 1925

Protected Status/Designation

  • Archaeological Notification Area: Bronze Age find from garden at Lee Common (DBC9602)

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 100mm, Thickness 5mm, Width 38mm.
KNIFE DAGGER, MUCH GROUND DOWN. FOUND BY SCHOOLCHILDREN (ILLUS AND DRAWING) (B1-3).
FINDSPOT AT NGR (B4).
NOTCH-HILTED RAPIER/DIRK/DAGGER: CLASS 3 WEAPON (ROWLANDS) (B5).
ACTUALLY A WORN GROUP IV DIRK/RAPIER, PERHAPS RE-USED AS A KNIFE (B6).


A worn down bronze dagger was found in the garden of Lee Common Council School (SP 906042). Now in the Aylesbury Museum (B2).
Sited to centre of school garden - SP 90650424. Found by schoolchildren in 1925 Acc No 143:25 (b8) (B7).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC957 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1925/BAS LETTER BOOK JUNE & AUG 1925 PP305,308,316,347 (TRANSCRIPTS FILED) .
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp53,160; Fig 15.
  • <3>SBC4381 Graphic material: DRAWING IN CAS ENVELOPE FILE 1237.
  • <4>SBC10058 Map: OLD BCM RECORD MAP (NOT RETAINED).
  • <5>SBC13831 Bibliographic reference: ROWLANDS M J 1976 PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METALWORK IN THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN S.BRITAIN IN .
  • <6>SBC2239 Bibliographic reference: C H DALWOOD 1984/MDA CARDS (CF BURGESS C AND GERLOFF S 1981 DIRKS AND RAPIERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND.
  • <7>SBC29347 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 22-AUG-74.
  • <8>SBC29349 Index: Buckinghamshire County Museum. Buckinghamshire County Museum Card Index No 1237.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 9073 0419 (point)
Civil Parish THE LEE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (2)

  • DIRK (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)
  • RAPIER (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12827)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2026 4:04PM

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