Find Spot record MWX498 - Palaeolithic hand axe and flakes, Weymouth

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Lower Palaeolithic handaxe and flakes found in Weymouth.

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A Palaeolithic handaxe and 2 un-retouched flakes are reported as found in Weymouth (Collection split between the Birmingham City Museum, the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum). <1-2>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Roe, Derek A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites. 8. 54.
  • <2> Monograph: 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: 1992-1993: the south west and south of the Thames. Report no.2. 165.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 868707.

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Location

Grid reference SY 68000 80000 (point)
Map sheet SY68SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 002 636
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 68 SE 69
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 868707

Record last edited

Dec 9 2022 3:35PM

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