Find Spot record MDO5440 - Mesolithic flint pick, Colehill

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A Mesolithic flint pick found in a garden in about 1948.

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(SZ 02469984) Flint Pick found about 1948. <1> This site is in one of the gardens of a pair of houses approximately six years old. Mrs. Seargent, one of the occupiers, knows nothing of this find nor of any subsequent ones. The occupiers of the other house could not be contacted. The soil in these gardens abounds with flints but no worked ones were observed. The whereabouts of the pick was not ascertained. <2>

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  • <1> Map: Calkin, J B. Annotated Record Map Corr 6. 1950.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 15-MAR-54.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457917.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 0241 9984 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NW
Civil Parish Colehill; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 003 011
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NW 10
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457917

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May 10 2023 2:31PM

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