Find Spot record 1570500000 - High Wycombe Area

Summary

A Bronze Age winged bronze axe was found about 1924 near High Wycombe, and is said to be in the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury.

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Type and Period (1)

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

Description

A winged bronze axe found (about 1924) near High Wycombe (SU 8693); now in the Buckinghamshire County Museum Aylesbury. (1)

Not located in Bucks County Museum; no further information (B2).

NRHE Insert 1999 (B3).


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 (3)

  • <1>SBC28075 Serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1919-1926. Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 11. p360.
  • <2>XYSBC27599 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 15-AUG-74. [Mapped feature: #51991 ]
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 865 935 (point) NRHE GIS
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • WINGED AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2025 12:27PM

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