Find Spot record MDO44813 - Flint implements found on Blackbush Down, Cranborne

Flint implements found on Blackbush Down were presented to Salisbury Museum in 1936 by Dr RCC Clay. Precise provenance and classification of the objects is not available.

[Marginal] Flint implements from Blackbush Down, Pentridge presented to the Salisbury Museum by Dr. R.C.C.Clay; Fovant. Acc. No. 1936 No.22. <1>

No information regarding the precise site where the finds were made was obtained during field investigation by the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Classification and provenance of the implements has been requested from Salisbury Museum but appears to have been unsuccessful on both counts. <2>

[Note: The coordinates provided by the NRHE-to-HER website are not actually within Cranborne CP. Their website lists the location as Cranborne but the coordinates provided by the HER map are in Pentridge. The accessioning info from Salisbury Museum refers to Pentridge although this may be a reference to the nearest village rather than the parish it was found in. Ultimately the exact provenance is unknown].

<1> 1917-1936, Salisbury Museum Accessions Book 1917-36. (Index). SDO18852.

<2> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 28-MAY-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213580 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 22 2022 11:15AM