Find Spot record MDO29953 - Mesolithic finds around Bussey Stool Camp, Tarrant Gunville

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A number of Mesolithic flint implements have been found in the fields around Bussey Stool Camp.

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Various Mesolithic flint implements have been found in the five fields around Bussey Stool camp. The finds include a tranchet axe, four other axes, eight picks, six cores, about twenty unretouched blades or flakes, scrapers, a graver and a micro-burin. They are in the collection of M. Green. (1)

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  • <1> Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. ST 91 NW 49.
  • <2> Monograph: Wymer, J J, and Bonsall, C. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 74.

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Grid reference ST 9300 1500 (point)
Map sheet ST91NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Gunville; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: MDO29953
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 91 NW 49

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Nov 21 2013 5:00PM

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