Find Spot record MDO47820 - Neolithic flints, Portesham

Neolithic flint implements including a fine celt, were found "on the steep side of the narrow valley down which runs the road from Winterbourne", on Poundbury Farm, Portesham, in 1894-5. They were in a swallow hole undermined by quarrrying. Presented to Dorset County Museum. (Poundbury Farm not located). <1>

A fine greenstone Ne celt was found when digging a drain at Portesham in January 1903. It is 6 3/8ins. long and 2 3/4 ins at its widest. It was exhibited by Dr Colley March at the Field Club meeting along with a fragment of a celt which he had found two years previously in a field between Portesham and Steepleton (2).

No further inforamtion was obtained during field investigation (3)

The NRHE record describes this find as being from Poundbury Farm at Portesham. This is a mis-reading of the PDNHAS note <1> which refers separately to an axehead from Poundbury Farm. <5>

<1> Dorset County Museum, Dorset County Museum Accessions Book, 192-193 (Unpublished document). SWX1315.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1903, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1902, xli (Serial). SDO20442.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 31-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Historic Environment Record compiler's comments (Verbal communication). SDO20225.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 452298 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 26 2024 3:19PM