Find Spot record MDO47061 - Palaeolithic hand axes found near Moreton station, Moreton

Two Paleolithic hand-axes from a gravel pit near Moreton Station (SY 779891) are in Dorset County Museum. Others are believed to be in private hands. <2>

A number of Paleolithic implements were found by the late Mr Marsden near Moreton Station. Some are in Dorset County Museum, some are held by Mr C S Prideaux. <1-2>

Palaeolithic implements and have also been found near the station. At least 70 Lower Palaeolithic handaxes have come from the Moreton Pits. A large collection of palaeoliths were found by Reverend M H Marsden probably from the area. The objects were found in an area which includes old 1920's and 1930's working as well as more recent workings including Red Bridge Pits; Moreton Station Pit; Birds Pit, Elliot's Pit and Councils pits. The objects were found in an area of West Knighton Gravel. <4>

<1> Bury, H, 1924, Some Aspects of the Hampshire Plateau Gravels. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 4 (1), 15-41 (Article in serial). SDO19060.

<2> Roe, Derek A, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, 51 (Monograph). SWX4454.

<3> Wymer, J, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system, 116 (Monograph). SWX4473.

<3.1> Arkell, W J, 1947, Geology of the Country around Weymouth, Swanage, Corfe and Lulworth (Monograph). SDO20074.

<3.2> Mathers, S J, 1982, The sand and gravel resources of the country between Dorchester and Wareham, Dorset: descriptions of parts of 1:25 000 sheets SY68, 69, 78, 79, 88, 89 and 90 (Monograph). SDO20075.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453931 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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