Find Spot record MDO43614 - Palaeolithic and Romano-British objects found near East Down House, Winterborne Whitechurch

Worked flints, flint implements, ?Palaeolithic ovate hand axe, two ?Neolithic picks or hoes, three Romano-British handled bead rim beakers, sherd of New Forest ware beaker, shale lathe cores, a wrought iron ?butt of Miss Pike of East Down House, Winterborne Whitechurch in 1952. DCM 1952.1. Clearly the finds were not derived from a single source, but East Down House lies close to Comb's (ST 80 SE 48) a possible context for Roman finds in the area. <1>

No information was obtained during field investigation. Miss Pike is deceased and East Down House at ST 863008 is under new ownership. (Some of the Romano-British pottery from this site might be associated with site ST 80 SE 33 Charlton Down). <2>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1953, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1952, 104-6 (Serial). SDO52.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 19-NOV-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205684 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 10 2022 4:47PM