Find Spot record MDO19442 - Palaeolithic handaxe from Mill Road, Fairmile, Christchurch

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A Palaeolithic handaxe was found at Mill Road, Fairmile, Christchurch.

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A Palaeolithic Handaxe was found at Mill Road, Fairmile, Christchurch. (1) This object does not appear to have been recorded by Wymer, although he mentions a single handaxe found at Mill Lane in 1911, an event which he conflates with 86 handaxes found at Mill Plain on another occasion. (2) Mill Road is close to a gravel pit marked on the 2nd edition OS map at Fairmile Road, this may be where the handaxe derives from.

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  • <1> Monograph: Roe, Derek A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites. 8. 93.
  • <2> Monograph: Wymer, J. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system. Report No 1. 139.

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Grid reference SZ 15336 93682 (point)
Map sheet SZ19SE

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Feb 28 2024 2:07PM

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