Find Spot record 0212400000 - NEW SCHOOL, CRESSEX ROAD
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Description
Dimensions - Length 0108 mm Depth/Thickness 0051 Width 0051
CENTRAL HOUR GLASS PERFORATION. FOUND BY MR H HAYNES ON SITE OF SCHOOL. APPARENTLY BROUGHT IN LOAD OF GRAVEL FROM FOLLEY BROS GRAVEL PIT, MARLOW, SU865867 (B1).
PETROLOGICAL EXAM/SLICED BY SHOTTON: MADE OF CHLORITISED EPIDOTISED GABBRO OF UNKNOWN DEPOSIT (B2).
SCHOOL PROB THAT AT NGR (B3).
SKETCH (B4).
A stone boat-shaped battleaxe, of Bronze Age date, 4 1/2" long with central hour-glass perforation was found on the site of the new school at Cressex Road, High Wycombe (SU 8591) by H Haynes. It appears to have been in a load of gravel brought in from the Folley Bros gravel pit at Marlow, SU 865867. In Reading Museum (Acc No 187 65). (B1)
The former area of the Folley Bros pit cannot be defined in the large waste area of former gravel workings centred at SU 865867. The axe has been transferred to Aylesbury Museum; Acc No 228 72(5a). (B5)
NRHE update 1999 (B6).
Sources (7)
- <1>SBC1699 Article in serial: 1966. BERKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL 1965-1966 62 P72. Vol 62.
- <2>SBC1150 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER, 1972.
- <3>SBC12008 Verbal communication: PIKE A R DEC 1978.
- <4>SBC2762 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 7 (FILED).
- <5>SBC27603 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 01-AUG-74.
- <5a>SBC887 Bibliographic reference: BCM ACCESSION REGISTER.
- <6>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 842 913 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | GREAT MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (2)
- AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- BATTLEAXE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Disturbed find (EBC16787)
Record last edited
Jul 22 2025 3:51PM
