Find Spot record MDO5031 - Mesolithic tools found at Buzbury Rings, Tarrant Keyneston

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A mesolithic tranchet axe found by Martin Green.

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Buzbury Rings, Blandford, ST 918059. Martin Green found a tranchet axe here, 16 cm long and with a flat under-surface. <1> Two Mesolithic axes, one a tranchet axe, and three flints were found at Buzbury Rings. <2>

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  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1969. 91. 173.
  • <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 918 059 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Keyneston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 059 028
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 NW 13
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209339

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Jan 12 2022 6:36PM

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