Find Spot record MDO47762 - Palaeolithic axe, Frome Whitfield, Charminster

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Summary

A Palaeolithic hand axe and a worked fragment from an unlocated barrow at Frome-Whitfield.

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Full Description

A Paleolithic hand axe and a worked fragment from an unlocated barrow at Frome-Whitfield, are in Dorset County Museum. <1>


<1> Roe, Derek A, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, 50 (Monograph). SWX4454.

<2> Wymer, J, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system, 117 (Monograph). SWX4473.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453568 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Roe, Derek A. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites. 8. 50.
  • <2> Monograph: Wymer, J. 1993. The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system. Report No 1. 117.
  • <3>XY Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453568. [Mapped feature: #637570 ]

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Location

Grid reference SY 692 917 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Charminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 69 SE 185
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 453568

Record last edited

Jan 17 2024 2:18PM

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