Find Spot record 1567800000 - Wooburn

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Late Bronze Age spearhead

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

Description

[SU 8992 8572] late Bronze Age socketed spearhead found in the Thames at Cookham 1958 by Thames Conservancy now in Reading Museum (B1).

In the Thames Conservancy Collection, now on loan to Reading Museum. Found by P R Clark in Feb 1958. Acc No 209:58 (B2).

Additional Bibliography (B3 and B4).


This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC27623 Digital archive: Historic England. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Reading Mus. 6" (T.L.Gwatkin undated).
  • <2>SBC27612 Verbal communication: J Palmer. 1963. Field Investigator Comments - F1 JP 04-JAN-63.
  • <3>SBC27624 Serial: 1959. BERKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 57. Volume 57. p119.
  • <4>SBC27625 Digital archive: Thames Conservancy Collection. VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Thames Conservancy Collection Loan. Catalogue No. 179. (Reading Museum). no. 179.
  • <5>XYSBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). [Mapped feature: #51226 ]

Location

Grid reference SU 8992 8572 (point) NRHE GIS
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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

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Record last edited

Jul 7 2025 2:31PM

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