Find Spot record 0228000000 - BOWERS FARM

Summary

Mesolithic tranchet axehead found on the surface of a ploughed field at Bowers Farm

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0135 mm Width 0038 Depth/Thickness 0028
FOUND ON SURFACE OF PLOUGHED FIELD. IRON STAINING ON RIDGES. INTERPRETED BOTH AS THAMES PICK OR TRANCHET AXE. FOUND BY MRS S.WAND-TETLEY (B1,B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC8409 Bibliographic reference: MEF 1975.
  • <2>SBC4375 Graphic material: DRAWING FILED IN BCM CAS ENVELOPE FILE 2280.
  • <3>SBC29005 Article in serial: Michael Farley. 1975. 'Archaeological Notes from the Buckinghamshire County Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire Vol 20, part 1, pp134-145. Vol 20, part 1. p135.

Location

Grid reference SU 95140 95000 (point)
Civil Parish COLESHILL, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

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

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12871)

Record last edited

Jul 24 2026 3:47PM

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