Find Spot record 0146703000 - THAMES AT HEDSOR
Summary
Bronze Age metalwork found in the Thames at Hedsor - Neolithic Peterborough ware bowl and 2 Bronze Age spearheads found 1920
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Description
2 BRONZE SPEARHEADS (B1).
2 LOOPED & SOCKETED BRONZE SPEARHEADS (B5).
BRONZE SPEARHEAD (B8).
(SU 90038587) Neolithic Bowl found AD 1920 (NAT). (SU 90028584) Bronze spearhead found AD 1920 (NAT) (B10).
An almost perfect Neolithic bowl and two looped and socketed bronze spearheads found in and near the river Thames at Hedsor. The bowl was found when ballast was being dredged not far from the upper Hedsor weir, a short distance below Cookham bridge (B1).
Sited by Baynes on OS 25" trace (See plan). (3)
A Peterborough type bowl - now in the BM (Acc No BM 1921 3 - 15,1) (B3).
Sources (12)
- <1>SBC870 Article in serial: E N Baynes. 1921. 'NEOLITHIC BOWL & OTHER OBJECTS FROM THE THAMES AT HEDSOR, NEAR COOKHAM', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 1 PP316-320. Vol 1.
- <2>SBC11169 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 NW 05 (FILED).
- <3>SBC11870 Article in serial: PIGGOTT S 1931 NEOLITHIC POTTERY OF BRITISH ISLES, IN ARCHAEOLOGICALJOURNAL88PP112,149&PL.IVB"".
- <4>SBC11875 Bibliographic reference: PIGGOTT S 1954 NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES P384.
- <5>SBC11168 Bibliographic reference: OS RECORD CARD SU 98 NW 03 (FILED).
- <6>SBC1902 Photograph: BRITISH MUSEUM DEC 1960 (PHOTO FILED).
- <7>SBC915 Photograph: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER (PHOTO FILED).
- <8>SBC11640 Bibliographic reference: PEAKE H 1931 ARCHAEOLOGY OF BERKSHIRE P190.
- <9>SBC11934 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R (BCM) FROM OS CARDS (B2,5) DEC 1978.
- <10>SBC28226 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1932-38. Ordnance Survey Map (OS 6" / 1923-38). 10.
- <11>SBC28227 Digital archive: 1923. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Rev ONB 1923.
- <12>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 90020 85840 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | HEDSOR, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC12708)
Record last edited
Sep 18 2025 4:20PM
