Find Spot record 1585000000 - Great Missenden Area

Summary

A Mesolithic flint axe of Thames Pick type was found in a Field in Great Missenden.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

Me flint axe of 'Thames-Pick' type found in a 'Field in Gt Missenden'. In possession of Misbourne Secondary School (Mr Thrower) (B1).
This was one of a number of implements collected by pupils of the school, and since lost. No further information (B2).


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>SBC27654 Bibliographic reference: Externally held archive: Bucks County Museum - Mesolithic Index.
  • <2>SBC28384 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 08-OCT-74.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). insert 1998.

Location

Grid reference SP 8950 0150 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • PICK (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2026 4:14PM

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