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Find Spot record MWX2578 - Chesil Beach: Gunflints

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Summary

A quantity of gun flints for flintlock rifles, approx. 3 cm square, found on Chesil Beach and reported to the Receiver of Wreck.

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full Description

A quantity of gun flints for flintstock rifles, approx. 3 cm square, found on Chesil Beach and reported to the Receiver of Wreck. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SWX686 Unpublished document: Receiver of Wreck. Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/4377.

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GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Location

Grid reference	SY 58 82 (point) Approximate
Map sheet	SY58SE
Civil Parish	Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

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None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 001 104

Record last edited

Mar 15 2012 11:38AM

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