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Find Spot record MDO562 - Neolithic stone axe found on Giants Head Hill, Buckland Newton

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Summary

Part of a stone axe was found on the surface of a ploughed field by C E Bean. The stone was identified as red ferruginous sandstone.

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2200 BC)

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Sources/Archives (2)

<1> SDO58 Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1959. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1958. 80. 99-100.
<2> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 887312.

Finds (1)

AXEHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

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Location

Grid reference	ST 6754 0457 (point)
Map sheet	ST60SE
Civil Parish	Buckland Newton; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

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None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 019 026
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 60 SE 72
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 887312

Record last edited

Dec 2 2021 3:05PM

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