Find Spot record MDO2706 - Palaeolithic chert axe and flakes from Chard Junction quarry, Thorncombe

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Summary

A large unabraded chert handaxe found in 1974 below the screening plant at the quarry by J Wymer, who also recovered Palaeolithic flakes from spoilheaps within the quarry.

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Gent, T H. 1994. Archaeological Assessment of a Proposed Extension to Chard Junction Quarry, Thorncombe, Dorset.

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Location

Grid reference ST 344 045 (point)
Map sheet ST30SW
Civil Parish Thorncombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 112 064

Record last edited

Apr 3 2021 3:06PM

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