Find Spot record MDO6237 - Tranchet axe and scrapers from Parley Cross, West Parley

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Tranchet axe and scrapers from Parley Cross.

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Mesolithic finds from West Parley: One tranchet axe in Dorset County Museum, Dorchester. One tranchet axe in the M.C. Burkitt Collection. (This information is repeated on p.108 as well as p.74. It is not clear if it refers to one axe or two.) A tranchet axe from Parley Cross (SZ 084980), now in Red House Museum, Christchurch. Also from Parley Cross are two scrapers and a "scraper on blade", now in the A.J. Cotton Collection. <1>

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  • <1> 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. 108.
  • <2> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 457874.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 084 980 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NE
Civil Parish West Parley; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 024 018 A
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NE 68
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 457874

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Nov 6 2023 2:00PM

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