Find Spot record 0187502000 - STRATFORD'S YARD
Summary
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age pottery beaker found digging foundations in the late nineteenth century at Stratford's Yard
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Height 0106 mm
BEAKER BOWL FOUND BY MR WALTER STRATFORD, END OF C19 WHILE DIGGING FOUNDATIONS in Stratford's Yard at SP 960014 (Stratford's Yard is at SP 95980145 on OS 25" 1925). The bowl is of very hard orangey-brown ware with crude notched decoration. TRACES OF WHITE FILLING IN DEC. AND PATCHES OF DARKER COLOUR MAY BE DUE TO MODERN USE AS PAINT CONTAINER. DAVID CLARKE CLASSIFIES IT AS UNIQUE BOWL, BUT OF HIS CLASS 1/2, possible Rhenish bell beaker. Now on loan to the County Museum (B1-3).
Mr A Stratford, grandson of the finder, indicated the precise find spot of the beaker at SP 96000147. Now in the Bucks County Museum (B7).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC13247 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 17 1962 PP127-128.
- <2>SBC1523 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. BCM LOANS REGISTER.
- <3>SBC11852 Bibliographic reference: PHOTOGRAPH AT BCM: NEG F248.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
- <7>SBC29334 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 23-SEP-74.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 95980 01450 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CHESHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (1)
- BOWL (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC17251)
Record last edited
Mar 9 2026 3:59PM
