Find Spot record MDO2976 - Bronze Age flint tool, Whitcombe

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A flint side scraper found in 1985 by a visitor to the deserted medieval village. A concentration of similar material - flint tools and flint working waste of early to middle Bronze Age date – was found in an adjacent field during fieldwalking in 1978-9 by students of the Dorset Institute of Higher Education.

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1986. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1985. 107. 153.

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Location

Grid reference SY 717 883 (point)
Map sheet SY78NW
Civil Parish Whitcombe; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 126 030

Record last edited

Oct 25 2023 4:43PM

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