Find Spot record MDO6699 - Mesolithic flint tools found at Upwey, Weymouth

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A surface of Mesolithic flint tools including cores, scrapers, flakes and a hammerstone.

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Full Description

Surface finds consist of 5 discoidal cores, 3 convex scrapers, 2 re-touched flakes, 2 burin or flake and 1 hammerstone. Finds in British Museum. <1-2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Serial: Prehistoric Society. 1970. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 36. Vol 36. 108.
  • <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. 75.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 452170.

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Location

Grid reference SY 660 850 (point)
Map sheet SY68NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 478
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 NE 101
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 452170

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Jun 24 2022 1:59PM

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