Find Spot record 0017201000 - YEWDEN SANDPIT

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Mesolithic tranchet axehead found in sand-pit

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

1 MESOLITHIC TRANCHET AXE FROM SOIL AT BOTTOM OF PIT OUTSIDE E END OF 3RD HOUSE, YEWDEN. FOUND BY JANET GLASSBROOK (B6).
1 THAMES PICK FROM GRAVEL PIT E OF YEWDEN, FOUND BY J. GLASSBROOK C.1912-13 (B7).
NOT CLEAR WHETHER BOTH REFS ARE TO SAME ARTEFACT: PROBABLY THEY ARE (B8).

Sources (3)

  • <6>SBC9986 Monograph: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England & Wales. p21.
  • <7>SBC6055 Bibliographic reference: HAMBLEDEN MUSEUM LOAN COLLECTION(MATERIAL LISTED BY GEORGE LAMB 1978).
  • <8>SBC5510 Bibliographic reference: G E SCRIMGEOUR MAY 1988.

Location

Grid reference SU 78530 85530 (point)
Civil Parish HAMBLEDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12149)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 7:50PM

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