Find Spot record MDO8501 - Palaeolithic tool found in Castle Lane Iford, Bournemouth

A large Palaeolithic burin was found in Castle Lane in 1927, about 200 yards north west of Sheepwash, Iford under 6 feet of gravel. 11 Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and one miscellaneous object also found in an area of floodplain geology.

A large burin (Palaeolithic) 4.4 ins long was found in Castle Lane in 1927, about 200 yds NW of Sheepwash, Iford (i.e. area SZ 130937) under 6 ft of gravel. In Druitt collection. (1) 11 Lower Palaeolithic handaxes and one miscellaneous object was found north of Castle Lane, Sheepwash, Iford. The objects were found in an area of floodplain geology.

<1> Calkin, J B, and Green, J F N, 1949, Palaeoliths and terraces near Bournemouth, p31-3, figs p17 (Article in serial). SWX3670.

<2> Calkin, J B, and Green, J F N, 1949, Palaeoliths and terraces near Bournemouth, p36 (Article in serial). SWX3670.

<3> Roe, Derek A, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, 83 (Monograph). SWX4454.

<4> Wymer, J, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system, p 139 (Monograph). SWX4473.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458981 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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