Find Spot record MDO6578 - Upper Palaeolithic Artefacts from Portland, near the Verne

Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from Portland, recovered during quarrying operations and excavation work for the south side of the Verne ditch. These include 19 Portland chert artefacts and 1 flint flake.

Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from Portland, recovered during quarrying operations and excavation work for the south side of the Verne ditch. These include 19 Portland chert artefacts and 1 flint flake. The chert artefacts include three utilised flakes, a retouched blade, eight end-scrapers, an oval scraper, a sub-triangular point and four tanged points. The chert tools are steel-grey or nearly black grey. (1)

Flints sited to The Verne from OS 1:10000 1978. A small collection of Palaeolithic artefacts including scrapers and 4 tanged points found in the British Museum (Cat No 1914 12-11 Nos 7-26) come from the south side of the Verne ditch. (1)

<1> Palmer S, 1968, Upper Palaeolithic Artefacts from Portland. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 89, 117-118, p117-119, illus. (Article in serial). SWX2142.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868087 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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