Find Spot record 0014200000 - LODGE HILL

Summary

Bronze Age hoard comprising five socketed axes was found on Lodge Hill, Waddesdon Manor in 1855.

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

5 socketed celts of plain character found together. Lithographed by Mr Edward Stone (B2).
Probable hoard of dealer in bronze celts. A hoard of five plain, socketed bronze axes was found on Lodge Hill (SP 731166) in 1855. The type dates from Middle-Late Bronze Age (B4).
Carps Tongue (Ewart Park phase) hoard of 5 socketed axes 'Waddesdon Hoard' LBA 3 (O'Connor chronology)(B8).

NRHE insert 1998 (B9).

Sources (9)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p432.
  • <2>SBC4687 Bibliographic reference: EVANS J 1881 ANCIENT BRONZE IMPLEMENTS P111.
  • <3>SBC7940 Bibliographic reference: LITHOGRAPH 1855(FILED).
  • <4>SBC20460 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1905. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume I. Volume 1. p181.
  • <5>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <6>SBC9217 Bibliographic reference: MORETON C O 1929 WADDESDON & OVER WINCHENDON PP28- 29.
  • <7>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <8>SBC3351 Bibliographic reference: DALWOOD C H 1984(SEE NOTES FILED)/MDA CARDS.
  • <9>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 73120 16700 (point)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • HOARD (Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 701 BC)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC11965)

Record last edited

Jan 16 2026 10:13AM

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