Find Spot record 2499 - Oakhanger Moss Figurine

<1> Coles B, 1993, A Spirit of Enquiry Essays for Ted Wright, p.17-19 (Book). SCH112.

Found by Daniel Stringer, while cutting peat, probably between 1760 and 1780. The figure was sent to the British Museum, but there is no record of its arrival

<2> Hinchliffe Rev E, 1856, Barthomley: in Letters from a Former Rector to his Eldest Son, / (Oral Communication). SCH395.

It is described as 'a wooden figure, rude and grotesque, but complete with eyes, nose and mouth. He concluded it to be an idol, and sent it to the British Museum with an account of its discovery, but never learnt whether it arrived safe there'.