Find Spot record MDO8519 - Handaxe, Broadway, Southbourne, Bournemouth

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Summary

A Lower Palaeolithic handaxe was found when laying a surface water drain on Broadway near Wildown Road, Southbourne, in 1931. The object is now in the Calkin Collection in the British Museum.

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Found during road excavations in 1931. <2> Late Acheulian. Now in the Calkin Collection. at the BM (No 1940-7-1). <3> D-shaped hand axe, 4ins long. Sharp, with cutting edge all round. <4>

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  • <1> Map: Unknown. 1931/1938. Annotated Record Map OS 6 1931/1938..
  • <2> Monograph: Ordnance Survey. 1939. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book reference revision. p112.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 14-JUL-54.
  • <4> Article in serial: Calkin, J B, and Green, J F N. 1949. Palaeoliths and terraces near Bournemouth. Vol 15. p32, ill..
  • <5> Map: Calkin, J B. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6.
  • <6> Article in serial: Calkin, J B, and Green, J F N. 1949. Palaeoliths and terraces near Bournemouth. Vol 15. p32, 36 Fig(s) 14.
  • <7> Map: Calkin, J B. Annotated Record Map Corr 6.
  • <8> Article in monograph: The bout coupe handaxe: a typological problem. Vol 170. p84.
  • <9> Monograph: Wymer, J. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system. Report No 1. p 139.
  • <10> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458601.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 15330 91590 (point)
Map sheet SZ19SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 7 000 072
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SE 23
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458601

Record last edited

Aug 10 2023 1:31PM

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