Find Spot record 0144301000 - THAMES ABOVE BRAY FERRY

Summary

Early Bronze Age metalwork found in River Thames near Bray ferry - An Early Bronze Age flat axe was found in the river Thames above Bray ferry in March 1952. It is now in Reading Museum (accession number 44:52).

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Plan Form - FLAT
FLAT EARLY BRONZE AGE AXE, THICKENING TOWARDS MIDDLE, PITTED SURFACE, WITH ROUNDED BUTT. FOUND ABOVE BRAY FERRY BY W.EAST, MARCH 1952 (B8).


An Early Bronze Age flat axe was found in the river Thames above Bray ferry [SU 9035 7977] in March 1952. (Reading Museum Acc. No. 44:52) (B9).

NRHE Insert 1999 (B10).

Sources (10)

  • <1>SBC1683 Article in serial: BERKS ARCH JNL 41 1937 P37.
  • <2>SBC6172 Article in serial: C F C Hawkes. 1938. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 18 PP185-187 & PL.LIV. Vol 18.
  • <3>SBC11150 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 01 (FILED).
  • <4>SBC9245 Verbal communication: MR & MRS D MILLER, 1978.
  • <5>SBC3231 Article in serial: J D Cowen. 1967. 'HALLSTATT SWORD OF BRONZE', IN PREHISTORIC SOC. PROCEEDINGS (NEW SERIES) 33 P443, NO.179". Vol 33.
  • <6>SBC710 Unpublished document: B.C.M ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1970.
  • <7>SBC3352 Unpublished document: DALWOOD C H 1984/ MDA CARD AYBCM: 60X70.
  • <8>SBC13201 Unpublished document: READING MUSEUM, DEC 1960.
  • <9>SBC28122 Unpublished document: Thames Conservancy Collection. Externally held reference - Thames Conservancy Loan Catalogue No.110 (Reading Museum).. No. 110.
  • <10>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 90380 79790 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12728)

Record last edited

Sep 8 2025 12:34PM

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