Find Spot record 1585100000 - Prestwood

Summary

Early Bronze Age stone axe

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

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

Description

An Early Bronze Age perforated stone axe found at Prestwood (SP 8700) was presented to the County Museum by Mr C O Skilbeck in 1927. Acc No 16.27 (B1 and 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)

  • ---SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
  • <1>XYSBC29081 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1928. 'Acquisitions, 1927' in Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 12, Part 2, 1928. Page 91. [Mapped feature: #52302 ]
  • <2>SBC959 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER 1927.

Location

Grid reference SP 87 00 (point) NRHE grid ref
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXE (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Feb 10 2026 12:13PM

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