Monument record MDO6900 - Mesolithic Site, Canford Heath, Poole

A mesolithic site on the 70 m contour near the edge of a prominent scarp on Canford Heath. It comprises a scatter of worked flint including nine microliths, two blades,two scrapers and two flakes. The flint was recovered adjacent to and from the surface of a Bronze Age round barrow. (1)

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1988, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1987, 123 (Serial). SDO87.

Mesolithic site: Canford Heath, Poole. SZ 02279545.
This site is on the 70mm contour, close to the edge of a south facing scarp which dominates both Canford Heath and Poole Harbour.
The site appars to be covered in part by a Bronze Age barrow. Some of the microliths have been recovered from the exposed surface of the mound and so it seems that the flint were incorporated in the barrow during its construction. The following flints have been recovered: 9 microliths, 2 blades, 2 small scrapers, and 2 core trimming flakes.

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