Find Spot record MDO44022 - Bronze Age spearhead and gouge from Bonfire Hill, Alderholt

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Summary

A Bronze Age looped and socketed spearhead and a Late Bronze Age socketed bronze gouge, both from Bonfire Hill, Alderholt, were on display in Fordingbridge Town Hall in 1970. Circumstances of discovery are unclear.

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Full Description

SU 125130 - A Bronze Age looped spearhead and a socketed gouge both from Bonfire Hill, Alderholt are on display in Fordingbridge Town Hall as part of the Morley Hewitt collection. <1>


<1> Aldsworth, F G, Various, Field Investigators Comments FGA, F1 FGA 03-JAN-70 (Unpublished document). SWX1161.

<1.1> Moore, N, 1970, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: N Moore, Assistant Curator, Salisbury Museum (Verbal communication). SDO18282.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 217588 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Aldsworth, F G. Various. Field Investigators Comments FGA. F1 FGA 03-JAN-70.
  • <1.1> Verbal communication: Moore, N. 1970. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: N Moore, Assistant Curator, Salisbury Museum.
  • <2>XY Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 217588. [Mapped feature: #633389 ]

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Location

Grid reference SU 1249 1299 (point)
Map sheet SU11SW
Civil Parish Alderholt; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 11 SW 27
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 217588

Record last edited

Aug 9 2022 11:13AM

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