Find Spot record 0218000001 - PHILOSOPHY FARM

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Medieval metalwork found by chance

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

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ABOUT 6 YRS AGO (1862) BARBED SPEARHEAD FOUND ON FARM IN RIBS OF HORSE SKELETON & SUPPOSED TO BE OF EDWARD III'S REIGN (B1).
SOCKETED SPEARHEAD LONG SINGLE BARB FROM PHILOSOPHY FARM ACCESSIONED AT BCM (B2).
IMPLEMENT REFERRED TO IS NOT SPEARHEAD BUT SHARPLY POINTED TOOL BARBED ON 1 SIDE (B4).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p432.
  • <2>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
  • <4>SBC19627 Bibliographic reference: C. Oscar Moreton. 1929. Waddeson And Over Winchendon. p33.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7408 1676 (50m by 40m)
Civil Parish WADDESDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • SPEAR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 26 2026 6:42PM

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