Find Spot record 0015300000 - TOWERIDGE, WEST WYCOMBE

Summary

Neolithic polished flint axe from Toweridge. A small polished flint axe was found at Toweridge "many years ago". No further details.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

SMALL POLISHED AXE (ILLUS) FROM TOWERIDGE (B1-2).
NGR TO 'TOWERAGE' (B3).


(SU 82729370) Polished flint axe (B4).

Small polished flint axe found at Toweridge, "many years ago". Nothing is known about it other than the neighbourhood in which it was found (B1).


NRHE insert 1998 (B5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p168; Fig 6 (d).
  • <2>SBC1165 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,208.57.
  • <3>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <4>SBC28086 Cartographic materials: R C Sansome. Annotated Record Map - Corr 6" (R Cortney Sansome).
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 827 938 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2025 3:12PM

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