Find Spot record MDO44019 - Bronze Age flint dagger from Bonfire Hill, Alderholt

EBA flint dagger (c. 5.2") found 1932 at Bonfire Hill. Now in Morley Hewitt collection, [Fordingbridge area centred at SU 12551295]. <1>

Mr Morley Hewitt plotted the site of the find on OS 6" without consulting any document or plan. <2>
[SU 12541278] is correct. The dagger is still in my possession. I cannot remember who gave it to me. <2.1>

The area is undisturbed heath and there were no surface finds during field investigations. <3>

<1> Annotated Record Map 6 inch (Map). SDO17376.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Hewitt, Morley, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: Morley Hewitt FRICS FAI, Old Manor House, Fordingbridge, Hampshire (Verbal communication). SDO17762.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 27-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 217570 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 9 2022 10:28AM