Find Spot record 0125400000 - FOOT OF ESCARPMENT BETWEEN EDLESBOROUGH AND TRING

Summary

Unlocated findspot of a Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead found on the ground surface.

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Plan Form - BARBED & TANGED
ARROWHEAD, CAN HARDLY BE REGARDED AS UNFINISHED THOUGH 1 OF THE SURFACES IS VERY ROUGH AND THE OUTLINE FAR FROM SYMMETRICAL (ILLUS.). FOUND BY J EVANS ON FIELD SURFACE AT FOOT OF CHALK ESCARPMENT BETWEEN EDLESBOROUGH AND TRING (B1).
REFERRED TO (B2).
Barbed and tanged arrowhead found at Edlesborough. Exact provenance unknown. Ashmolean Museum Acc No 1927.6028a (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC4685 Bibliographic reference: EVANS J 1872 ANCIENT STONE IMPLEMENTS P342 AND FIG 315.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p151.
  • <3>SBC1550 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. OLD BCM RECORD CARD (NOT RETAINED).
  • <4>SBC24771 Unpublished document: Archaeological Solutions. 2014. St. Louis Catholic Primary School, Harris Court, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: Archaeological desk-based assessment.

Location

Grid reference SP 97 19 (point)
Civil Parish EDLESBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12787)

Record last edited

Mar 19 2026 2:56PM

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