Find Spot record MDO5659 - Flint tools from Down Farm, Gussage St Michael

Discovered during surface collection of flints by Martin Green and Barry Lewis in the vicinity of Down Farm in an area immediately northwest of the Dorset Cursus, finds include a range of Mesolithic flints (3 picks, a chopping tool, 12 blades, 6 scrapers, a borer, a core and flake in Portland Chert, 12 blade cores plus numerous retouched and waste flakes) and a fragment of a barbed and tanged arrowhead. Also see MDO5639 for other lithic finds found in the general vicinity.

(Centred SU 000149) Numerous implements of flint and chert, ranging from Mesolithic to Bronze Age, have been found by Martin Green and Barry Lewis in the vicinity of Down Farm. They include picks, scrapers and blades, from Endless Pit Field, ST 999151;and blades, scrapers and a fragment of barbed and tanged arrowhead from St. Giles Field, SU 004147.

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1972, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1971, 176-82 (Serial). SDO71.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 1972, Council for British Archaeology : Group 12 (Wessex) & Group 13 (South West) : Archaeological review, 12-13 (Serial). SDO18026.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213830 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jul 30 2024 3:07PM