Find Spot record 0144700000 - DEEP MILL FARM

Summary

A Bronze Age bronze axe was found on the surface at Deep Mill Farm in circa 1914. It is now in Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury (accession number 339).

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

CUTTING EDGE OF BRONZE CELT, FOUND ON SURFACE BY MR.W.E.G.SCOTT (B1).
BRONZE AGE BRONZE AXE (B2).
PRESUMABLY THE 'SOCKETED AXE ' DESCRIBED BY E.HOLLIS (BCM CURATOR) IN LETTER OF 20 OCT. 1914 (B3).



A bronze axe was found at Deep Mill Farm (c 1914) (B4).
Part of a bronze axe found (SU 90879973); now in Aylesbury Museum (B5).
A surface find in Oct 1914. Acc No 339.14.(B1) (B6).
NRHE insert 1999 (B7).

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC1183 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,339.14.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p153.
  • <3>SBC7411 Bibliographic reference: LETTER FROM E.HOLLIS TO MR.BERRY,20 OCT.1914 (BAS LETTER BOOK 1914-1919 NO.32)(TRANSCRIPT FILED IN C.
  • <4>SBC27737 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1910-16. Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 10. Volume 10.
  • <5>SBC27871 Cartographic materials: R C Sansome. 1953. Annotated Record Map - Corr 6" (R Cortney Sansome, 1953).
  • <6>SBC28409 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JRL 19-AUG-74.
  • <7>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 90870 99730 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13117)

Record last edited

Nov 19 2025 3:07PM

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