Find Spot record 0021700000 - 29 LONDON ROAD, HIGH WYCOMBE

Summary

Roman lamp found on London Road

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

LAMP WITH SEMI-CIRCULAR DESIGN & FIGURE OF A LEAPING DEER (ILLUS). FOUND BY MR CYRIL ROBERTS, HIGH WYCOMBE (B1-3).


SU 8720 9273 - sited from House number of OS 1:1250 (B2).
A Romano-British lamp found at 29, London Road, High Wycombe (B1).

The Roman lamp found in 1952 has been presented to High Wycombe Museum (B3).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC2025 Article in serial: BUCKS FREE PRESS 28 MARCH 1952 P3.
  • <2>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. p157.
  • <3>SBC13664 Bibliographic reference: RECS.OF BUCKS 1972 19 P220.
  • <4>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 87200 92730 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • LAMP (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12947)

Record last edited

Sep 4 2025 11:19AM

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