Find Spot record 0144402001 - THAMES, NEAR BOVENEY CHURCH

Summary

Neolithic flint axe fragment found in River Thames near Boveney Church in October 1952.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

BROKEN NEOLITHIC CELT FOUND ON BERKS SIDE OF THAMES NEAR BOVENEY CHURCH. 'BERKS SIDE' OF THAMES AT THIS POINT ACTUALLY IN BUCKS DUE TO COUNTY BOUNDARY CUTTING ACROSS S BANK OF THAMES (B3,B7).

Found in Oct., 1952 (B6).
NRHE Insert 1998 (B8).

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC11638 Bibliographic reference: PEAKE H 1931 ARCHAEOLOGY OF BERKS PP45,244.
  • <2>SBC11154 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 37 (FILED).
  • <3>SBC11152 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD SU 97 NW 06 (FILED).
  • <4>SBC9986 Monograph: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England & Wales. p20.
  • <5>SBC8056 Verbal communication: M E FARLEY & A R PIKE, NOV 1979, FOLLOWING VISIT TO WINDSOR GU ILDHALL MUSEUM.
  • <6>SBC27611 Digital archive: Historic England. Thames Conservancy Board Loan Catalogue list, Reading Museum.
  • <7>SBC28114 Verbal communication: Robert L B Work. 1953. Field Investigators Comments- F1 RLW 16-APR-53.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 9402 7764 (point) Located on Thames near to St Marys based on description
Civil Parish DORNEY, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: River find (EBC12752)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 7:38PM

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