Find Spot record MDO803 - Bronze Age worked flints from Burton Pumping Station, Charminster

A general scatter of worked flint recorded during fieldwalking before the pumping station was built in 1992. Implement types included borers and scrapers, with some probably edge retouched flakes, of probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date. No particular concentrations of material were observed. The archaeologists who recorded the material noted that the workmanship was relatively poor, suggesting domestic production, but felt that it did not necessarily represent a settlement site.

<1> Coe, D and Hearne, C M, 1992, Burton Pumping Station, nr Dorchester, Dorset. Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SDO12355.

<2> AC archaeology, 1992, Dorchester Ring Main 1992: Post-Excavation Research Design, Site 612 (Unpublished document). SDO9463.

‘Site 612 (SY 6892291862) Prehistoric Worked Flint Scatter. Following the removal of topsoil in the plot to the south of Burton Pumping Station, a scatter of prehistoric worked flint was noted. A total of 45 worked fragments were recovered.’

<3> Richards, J, 1992, Observations on the Dorchester Ring Main - Interim Note. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society., 247-248 (Article in serial). SDO9849.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1993, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1992, 247 (Serial). SDO92.

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