Find Spot record 0159600000 - STIVER'S WOOD

Summary

Fragment of Neolithic polished flint axe found in Stiver's Wood - A Neolithic polished flint axe with sharply squared sides, now reported to be in Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury, was found at Stifles (? Stivers) Wood near Pollards Wood. It could not be traced at the museum during an Ordnance Survey field investigator's visit in 1974.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

PART OF A POLISHED FLINT AXE FOUND STIVER'S WOOD, NOT STIFLES WOOD (B1).
THE AXE HAS SHARPLY SQUARED SIDES, AND IS TYPOLOGICALLY A LATE EXAMPLE (B2-3).
FOUND BY MR J L LOWNDES (B1) AND GIVEN BY HIM TO MUSEUM.




A Neolithic polished flint axe with sharply squared sides, now in the Aylesbury Museum, was found at Stifles (? Stivers) Wood (SU 989962) near Pollards Wood (B2).

Not located in Bucks County Museum; no further information (B4)
NRHE Insert 1998 (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC1514 Bibliographic reference: BCM CASS RECORD CARD 1596..
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p39.
  • <3>SBC1024 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 586.05.
  • <4>SBC28358 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 19-AUG-74.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 98900 96300 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12810)

Record last edited

Nov 19 2025 10:12AM

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