Find Spot record MDO5474 - Mesolithic implements found at Beaucroft Field, Corfe Mullen
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Summary
A group of Mesolithic flints, including a pick, ten cores, nineteen scrapers and about two hundred blades or flakes.
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Full Description
One pick, ten cores, nineteen scrapers and about two hundred blades or flakes and about seventeen other flints.
Several rich Mesolithic sites have been located in the Corfe Mullen area by Mr. J. Stonborough, a local resident.
Corfe Mullen general. Four picks, three scrapers, two gravers and two other flints are now in the British Museum; one axe
is in Christchurch Museum; five blades or flakes are in Poole Museum.
SY 975975. Beaucroft Field. One pick, ten cores, 19 scrapers, about 200 blades or flakes and 17 other flints, in the Stonborough
Collection.
Eight minor findspots, centred SY 985980. One sharpening flake, two cores, three scrapers and 16 other flints. <1-3>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SWX2745 Serial: Prehistoric Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 36. Vol 36. 107.
- <2> SWX1704 Monograph: Palmer, S. 1978. Mesolithic cultures of Britain. 137-8.
- <3> SWX2026 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. 68-9.
- <4> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457210.
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Location
| Grid reference | SY 975 975 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY99NE |
| Civil Parish | Corfe Mullen; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 004 035
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 99 NE 36
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457210
Record last edited
May 10 2023 3:10PM