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Find Spot record MDO47786 - Lower Palaeolithic handaxe, West Knighton

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Summary

Lower Palaeolithic handaxe and miscellaneous object found at Whitfield Barrow, one marked from the barrow. The objects were found in an area of West Knighton Gravel or Chalk geology.

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

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Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX4454 Monograph: Roe, Derek A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites. 8. 49.
<2> SWX4473 Monograph: Wymer, J. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system. Report No 1. 116.
<3> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1090910.

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Event - Survey: Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project; survey 1991 to 1994 (EDO7790)

Location

Grid reference	SY 7460 8900 (point)
Map sheet	SY78NW
Civil Parish	West Knighton; Dorset

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None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 78 NW 68
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1090910

Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 8:54PM

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