Find Spot record MDO8514 - Iron Age Pottery, Barrow Plot, Wick Lane, Bournemouth

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A small quantity of Iron Age pottery 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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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 from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Iron Age. The finds included a small quantity of Iron Age pot sherds. (1) (2)

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  • --- 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. p45-6.
  • <2> Serial: Society of Antiquaries of London. 1933. The Antiquaries Journal 13. 13. p454.

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Grid reference SZ 1523 9210 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SZ19SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • None recorded

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

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Sep 27 2013 5:25PM

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