Find Spot record MDO2230 - Mesolithic flints, Puddletown

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Summary

Mesolithic flints found by an Ordnance Survey field investigator in 1954.

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SY 76519697. Three cores from which fine blades had apparently been pressure flaked, one probable microlith and numerous flint flakes were found by myself in a newly ploughed field situated on a northern slope with a stream about 500 yards to the east. <1>

SY 76519697. Mesolithic cores and blades, listed by Rankine <2> and presumably the 'unspecified' material from 'Puddleton' referred to by Wymer <4>.


<1> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 01-DEC-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1962, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1961, 97 (Serial). SDO61.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 76519697) Mesolithic Flints found AD 1954 (NAT)

<4> Wymer, J J, and Bonsall, C, 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales, 72 (Monograph). SWX2026.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454516 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 01-DEC-54.
  • <2> Serial: Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 1962. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1961. 83. 97.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <4> Monograph: Wymer, J J, and Bonsall, C. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic sites in England and Wales, with a gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic sites in England and Wales. 72.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 454516.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7651 9697 (point)
Map sheet SY79NE
Civil Parish Puddletown; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 094 058
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 79 NE 15
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 454516

Record last edited

May 8 2024 11:43AM

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