Monument record MDO6863 - Flint scatter, Whitecroft, Arrowsmith Road, Poole

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Summary

A scatter of Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint was found near Arrowsmith Road. The density of finds may indicate a possible settlement.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

A scatter of late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flints was collected from Whitecroft, Arrowsmith Road, Poole. An assemblage of 24 artefacts was collected. Other flakes were also present but not collected. The assemblage included a leaf arrowhead and a transverse arrowhead, 11 scrapers and 11 flakes. <1> SZ 0308 9765. A fairly substantial late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age site is indicated by a group of marked flints collected at Whitecroft, Arrowsmith Rd, Poole. One arrowhead is a leaf type 3B, while another is British oblique type, on current evidence dated to 2000-1500 BC. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 888364.
  • <1> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1982. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1981. 103. 117.

Finds (4)

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Location

Grid reference SZ 0308 9756 (point)
Map sheet SZ09NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 466
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 NW 75
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 888364

Record last edited

Oct 20 2022 11:25AM

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