Find Spot record 0212200000 - WEST STREET,MARLOW

Summary

Mesolithic flint tranchet axehead found in the early twentieth century at West Street, Marlow.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0114 mm
MEDIUM TRANCHET AXE, EDGE SLIGHTLY BLUNTED. FOUND BY L TREACHER IN WEST STREET BETWEEN 1925-1936 (B1).
AREA OF NGR (B2).
AT BCM (B3).

The Treacher Collection, since 1955, has been in the possession of F M Underhill (B1).
No further information; F M Underhill has moved out of the area (B4).
NRHE Insert 1998, Update 1999 (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC14636 Article in serial: I F Smith & J J Wymer. 1964. 'TREACHER COLLECTION OF PREHISTORIC ARTIFACTS FROM MARLOW', IN RECS OF BUCKS 17 P289. Vol 17.
  • <2>SBC10552 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR.
  • <3>SBC9986 Monograph: J J Wymer & C J Bonsall. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic and Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England & Wales. p22.
  • <4>SBC27602 Verbal communication: N K Blood. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 NKB 29-JUL-74.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 84600 86400 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12827)
  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12837)

Record last edited

Jun 25 2026 7:33PM

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