Find Spot record MDO46140 - Prehistoric flint implements, Chickerell

Worked flints found on the shore of the Fleet, and presented to the Dorset County Museum. Thought likely to be tools of Neolithic or Bronze Age date.

(Area centred SY 64977830) Worked flints exposed on shore. Specimens presented to Dorset County Museum by H Shortt, 29 10 34. <1>

They were worked flints of chert type. Probably Neolithic - Bronze Age. <2>

Perambulation of the area revealed no finds of positively worked flints. The area is naturally stony with some chert. <4>

<1> Rivet, A L F, Annotated record map 6" (Map). SDO17443.

<1.1> Anon, Undated, Pte 6 inch Dorset County Museum (Anon undated) (Map). SWX2203.

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 Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-JUL-54 (Unpublished document).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

<2.1> Drew, C D, Colonel C D Drew, Curator of the Dorset County Museum, 20 March 1954 (Verbal communication). SDO17340.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F2 GCS 11-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451655 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Apr 6 2023 2:08PM