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Find Spot record MWX575 - Flint spearhead, Holme, East Stoke

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Summary

Tanged flint spearhead found before 1892.

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Full Description

A tanged flint spearhead 3.15ins. long, found at Holme near Wareham, is in the British Museum. Acc. No. 1892. 9.1.121. <1> No further information gained during field investigation. <2>

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SWX2587 Map: Calkin, J B. 1949. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949).
<2> SDO11903 Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 24-JUL-52.
<3> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 455231.

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SPEAR (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

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Location

Grid reference	SY 89000 85000 (point)
Map sheet	SY88NE
Civil Parish	East Stoke; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Other Statuses/References

Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 6 011 062
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 88 NE 31
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 455231

Record last edited

Oct 24 2023 9:28AM

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