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Find Spot record MDO43508 - Handaxe found at Stourpaine

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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe found at Stourpaine.

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A Palaeolithic hand axe, found at Stourpaine (ST 8609), is now in the British Museum. <1>

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX4454 Monograph: Roe, Derek A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites. 8. 54.
<2> SWX1173 Monograph: 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: 1992-1993: the south west and south of the Thames. Report no.2. 118.
<3> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205533.

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HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

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Location

Grid reference	ST 8649 0950 (point)
Map sheet	ST80NE
Civil Parish	Stourpaine; Dorset

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None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 80 NE 101
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205533

Record last edited

Mar 1 2022 9:23AM

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