Find Spot record MDO8512 - Bronze Age spearhead, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth

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Summary

A Bronze Age looped socketed spearhead was recovered from a field known as Barrow Plot on the south side of Wick Lane during gravel extraction in 1926-9.

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Full Description

A gravel pit in a plot of ground on the south side of Wick Lane adjacent to a barrow was active during 1926-9. Local antiquarian Herbert Druitt kept a close watch on this site and managed to recover a large quantity of finds dating from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. The finds included a looped socketed spearhead with a very pronounced midrib. (1)(2)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SZ 19 SE 19.
  • <1> Article in serial: Calkin, J B. 1952. Bournemouth Area in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age times. Vol 73. 45-46.
  • <1> Monograph: Calkin, J B. 1934. The Book of Bournemouth. 101, fig 37.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 152 921 (point)
Map sheet SZ19SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 7 000 068 E
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SE 19

Record last edited

Sep 27 2013 5:25PM

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