Find Spot record MDO8488 - Bronze Age axe, Heatherlea, Belle Vue Road and Southbourne Road, Bournemouth

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Summary

A Bronze Age axe was found in 1911 when drains were being laid at the corner of Southbourne Road and Belle Vue Road.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Bronze palstave found, no loop. Now in Red House Museum, Christchurch. <2>

(SZ 13709171) Found in 1911 when laying drains at the corner of Southbourne and Belle Vue Roads, opposite Heatherlea. Incipient stop-ridge, slightly crescentic blade. (MBA)<3>


<1> Calkin, J B, 1942, Correspondence containing annotated Record Map by J B Calkin (Unpublished document). SWX4356.

<2> Calkin, J B, 1949, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949), 1949 (Map). SWX2587.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 12-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Calkin, J B, Catalogue Druitt Collection, Red House Museum, Christchurch, 176 (Monograph). SWX4362.

<5> Exhibit at the Red House Museum, Christchurch. (Artifact). SWX4363.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458949 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Calkin, J B. 1942. Correspondence containing annotated Record Map by J B Calkin. a.
  • <2> Map: Calkin, J B. 1949. Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin 1949). 1949.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 12-JUL-54.
  • <4> Monograph: Calkin, J B. Catalogue Druitt Collection, Red House Museum, Christchurch. 176.
  • <5> Artifact: Exhibit at the Red House Museum, Christchurch..
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458949.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 13720 91710 (point)
Map sheet SZ19SW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 7 000 049
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SW 55
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458949

Record last edited

May 4 2023 4:13PM

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