Find Spot record MDO8489 - Pottery, Heatherleigh Road, Bournemouth

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Summary

Bronze Age pottery including sherds of Beaker pottery, found during the building of a new road in 1911. The road was built through the garden of a house called Heatherleigh and is now called Heatherleigh Road.

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EBA sherds found in 1911 close to the site of Heatherleigh, when making a new road through the garden. a. Thin red sherds decorated with nail-marks. ? Beaker b. Pecked sherd. c. A fragment of outbent rim with stab decoration. (?rusticated) In Red House Museum, Christchurch. <1-2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 12-JUL-54.
  • <2> Monograph: Calkin, J B. Catalogue Druitt Collection, Red House Museum, Christchurch. 131.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458952.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 13860 91670 (point)
Map sheet SZ19SW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 7 000 050
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SW 56
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458952

Record last edited

May 4 2023 4:20PM

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