Find Spot record MDO7345 - Mesolithic flint at Newfoundland Wood, Church Knowle

Flint flakes and scrapers occur in the field to the west. … Excavation S. of the field wall in 1967 … There was evidence for a flint industry of Mesolithic character in the vicinity. <1>

During excavation of the IA/RB shale working site at Newfoundland Wood, artifacts of a Mesolithic aspect were found in the soil above the Later prehistoric levels, indicating soil creeping down from a nearby Mesolithic site on higher ground. Implements seen include a pick of coarse chert, 4 or 5 convex scrapers, 2 borers, about 24 retouched flakes and about 12 waste flakes. <2>

Artifacts now in Dorset County Museum. <3>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1968, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1967, 141-143 (Serial). SDO67.

<2> Prehistoric Society, 1970, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 36, 107 (Serial). SWX2745.

<3> Palmer, S, 1978, Mesolithic cultures of Britain, 143 (Monograph). SWX1704.

<4> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456507 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 10 2024 6:48AM