Find Spot record MDO4637 - Old Brow, Shaftesbury: flint flakes, possibly Mesolithic

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A number of flint flakes were found during ground levelling in 1947. One was identified as possibly being part of a flake from which gun flints had been struck. The others may have been flakes from a microlithic industry.

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1951. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1950. 72. 94.

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Grid reference ST 857 228 (point)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 045 158

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Jul 1 2015 11:52AM

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