Find Spot record MDO8517 - Bronze Age pottery, Wick Lane, Bournemouth

Transitional LBA - EIA pottery found1912-13. In Druitt Collection, Christchurch. (1)

Found when building the house The Meadow (1949 Broadwater) in 1912-13. Hengistbury Class B sherds found, Sept 1912. Also: i) IA 'B' omphalos: ii) LBA/EIA sherds from at least 8 different pots; iii) LBA/EIA pot base and sides found 30ft NW of fir tree clump at the corner of the garden in 1913. A BA pot, coarse, badly baked, and broken found in 1923, and bought for the Druitt Colln. (2)

The site of `Broadwater' is now occupied by a block of flats which were built in 1966. There is now no trace of a fir tree clump within the grounds and no further information could be gained as to the exact find spot of the 1913 or 1923 finds. (3

<1> Calkin, J B, Annotated Record Map Corr. 6 (J B Calkin undated). (Map). SWX3662.

<2> Calkin, J B, Catalogue Druitt Collection, Red House Museum, Christchurch, p155 (Monograph). SWX4362.

<3> Aldsworth, F G, Various, Field Investigators Comments FGA, F1 FGA 03-JUN-69 (Unpublished document). SWX1161.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458596 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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