Find Spot record 0156402000 - THAMES AT TAPLOW

Summary

Nine Mesolithic flint axeheads found in the River Thames at Taplow

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

8 MEDIUM & 1 LARGE TRANCHET AXES FROM THE THAMES AT BCM (B3).
3 CHIPPED FLINT CELTS. 6 FLINT CELTS, ROUGHLY CHIPPED & UNPOLISHED, FROM THAMES AT TAPLOW (EX SEEBOHM)(B1).
THE LATTER ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED AS NEO, BUT ARE PROBABLY IDENTICAL WITH FORMER, THOUGH NO ACC. NOS GIVEN IN B3. AXES SEEN (B4).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC1280 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTERS.
  • <3>SBC9986 Monograph: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England & Wales. p23.
  • <4>SBC5492 Bibliographic reference: G E SCRIMGEOUR DEC 1987.

Location

Grid reference SU 90400 82500 (point)
Civil Parish TAPLOW, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: River find (EBC17681)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 8:15PM

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