Find Spot record 0010701000 - BRICKFIELD, HAZLEMERE

Summary

A Bronze Age flanged axehead was found in a ditch in a brickfield at Hazlemere in 1913. It is now in Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury. A few sherds of Roman pottery were also found.

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Dimensions - Length 100mm, Width 51mm, Thickness 11mm.
AXE OF BRONZE WITH 90% COPPER CONTENT: EARLY BRONZE AGE. SLIGHT STOP-RIDGE & SLIGHT HAMMERED FLANGES (B1-3). ILLUSTRATION (B7)(B5-10).


A flanged bronze axe was found in a ditch in a brick field at Hazlemere (SU 8995) in 1913. It has only the faintest indication of a stop-ridge and slight hammered flanges; part of the collection of A E Toplin, of High Wycombe and now on loan in the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury.

A few fragments of Roman pottery [0010102002] were also found (Acc No 297/13). The ditch was only about 2 feet wide and 2' deep. (B3)

Fragments of pottery and a bronze axe found (SU89529542). Axe in possession of Mr Taplin. (B9)

Brickworks shown on 1st Edn 6" at SU884951 - alternative site. (B10)

NRHE Insert 1999, Update 2000 (B11)

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC950 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1913.
  • <2>SBC6437 Unpublished document: Edwin Hollis. 1913. HOLLIS E, 5 MARCH 1913, LETTER TO MR SMITH, IN BAS LETTER BOOK MARCH 1913-AUG 1914 (FF6-7).
  • <3>SBC6435 Article in serial: Edwin Hollis. 1925. 'FOUR BRONZE IMPLEMENTS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 11 PP349-350. Vol 11, part 6. p349, Plate 1.
  • <5>SBC963 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1936. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1936.
  • <6>SBC13232 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 13 1937 P306.
  • <7>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p59; Fig 19.
  • <8>SBC11134 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 89 NE 03 (FILED).
  • <9>SBC10060 Map: OLD BCM SIX INCH COUNTY SERIES RECORD MAP.
  • <10>SBC3350 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H 1984 /MDA CARD:NO AYBCM 139X36.
  • <11>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 89500 95400 (point)
Civil Parish PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • FLANGED AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11826)

Record last edited

Aug 7 2025 3:09PM

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