Find Spot record 0294000000 - MARY OAK, HIGH STREET

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Neolithic stone axe found in garden.

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

FOUND BY MRS B W FOSH, IN GARDEN OF BUNGALOW, JUST BELOW SURFACE (B1-2).
HOUSE IS AT NGR. FINDER NOW DECEASED (B3).

A fine Neolithic stone axe was dug up in the graden of Mary Oak, High Street, Grendon Underwood by Mrs B W Fosh (B2).
The garden of Mary Oak is located at SP 68592045 (B4).
NRHE insert 1998 (B5)

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC2749 Index: CBA PETROLOGICAL CARD BU 31 (FILED).
  • <2>SBC13484 Article in serial: RECS OF BUCKS 1970 18 P438.
  • <3>SBC11978 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM APRIL 1977, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <4>SBC28648 Verbal communication: Christopher Paul Chaplin. 1977. Field Investigators Comments - F1 CC 03-MAR-77.
  • <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 6859 2045 (point) NRHE location
Civil Parish GRENDON UNDERWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC12867)

Record last edited

Dec 15 2025 11:51AM

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