Find Spot record 0001804002 - DESBOROUGH CASTLE

Summary

Late prehistoric flint artefacts found on the ground surface and in excavation at Desborough Castle

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  • FLINT SCATTER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

FLINT IMPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE SITE (B4,B26).
FURTHER FLINTS FOUND DURING EXCAVATION APRIL/MAY 1987: 83 STRUCK FLINTS OF LATER NEOLITHIC/BRONZE AGE TYPE (B17).

Sources (3)

  • <4>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p24.
  • <17>SBC3093 Article in serial: Mark Collard. 1988. 'EXCAVATIONS AT DESBOROUGH CASTLE, HIGH WYCOMBE, 1987', IN RECS OF BUCKS 30 PP15-41 (& SEE SOUTH MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGY 18 PP28-29). Vol 30.
  • <26>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp33, 135.

Location

Grid reference SU 84712 93320 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12417)
  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13950)

Record last edited

Jun 6 2022 7:41PM

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