Find Spot record 0016700000 - N OF BIRD IN HAND

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A small, narrow Bronze Age bronze palstave now in the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury (accession number 86/24), but formerly owned by the late R S Downs, was found slightly north of the Bird in Hand, between High Wycombe and West Wycombe at about the 400 foot contour line.

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FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Width 26mm, Length 127mm, Thickness 11mm.
CELT, WINGED, V.NARROW. PURCHASED OF R S DOWNS (B1).
SMALL NARROW PALSTAVE, NO LOOP, NEAREST PARALLELS FROM BURWELL & QUY FEN, CAMBS, FARLEY HEATH, SURREY. NO ASSOC OBJECTS (ILLUS) (B2-3).
FOUND AT NGR (B4).
A 'CHISEL PALSTAVE' (DESCRIPTION & ILLUS). ONLY OTHER BUCKS EXAMPLE FROM IVINGHOE (B5).
CATALOGUED (B6).

(SU 8544 9394) Bronze palstave, now in Bucks County Museum (B7).

A small, narrow bronze palstave with no loop now in the Bucks County Museum No 86/24, but formerly owned by the late R S Downs, was found slightly north of the Bird in Hand, between High Wycombe and West Wycombe at about the 400 ft contour line. (B2)

NRHE Insert 1999 (B8)

Sources (8)

<1>SBC1113 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1924.
<2>SBC6435 Article in serial: Edwin Hollis. 1925. 'FOUR BRONZE IMPLEMENTS', IN RECS OF BUCKS 11 PP349-350. Vol 11, part 6. pp349-350, Plate 1.
<3>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p156.
<4>SBC1557 Map: BCM OLD RECORD MAP (SIX-INCH).
<5>SBC4913 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1978. 'A MIDDLE BRONZE AGE 'CHISEL' FROM IVINGHOE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 20 PP675-676. Vol 20, part4.
<6>SBC3345 Unpublished document: Hal Dalwood. 1984. MDA CARDS.
<7>SBC28086 Cartographic materials: R C Sansome. Annotated Record Map - Corr 6" (R Cortney Sansome).
<8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference	SU 85460 93940 (point)
Civil Parish	HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

PALSTAVE (Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1001 BC)

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Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Sep 4 2025 11:28AM