Find Spot record MDO8546 - Lower Palaeolithic finds from West Howe, Bournemouth

Palaeolithic implements, including Acheulian handaxes and a Levallois flake were found between 1927-1939 during sand extraction at West Howe, Bournemouth.

Palaeoliths and sharper Levallois flakes found 1927-31. In Calkin Collection, British Museum. <2>

Site of finds in sand-pit which is still being worked. "No finds have been made in the area since 1939" [Lt Col Drew]. Two Acheulian 'Pear shaped' hand-axes are on show in Dorset County Museum. Acc. Nos. 1939, 53; 1922, 4. <3>

The sand-pit has been filled in and the site is now a children's playground. <5>

SZ 059957. Twenty-three handaxes and ten flakes found at Council's Pit, West Howe, now in the British Museum. <4>

Palaeolithic implements including an Acheulian handaxes and Levallois flake found, between 1927-1939, during sand extraction. Lower Palaeolithic implements found at the Councils Pit, West Howe, include 23 handaxes 1 roughout 7 flakes and 1 Levallois flake. The geology in the area consists of Terrace 10 Gravel. Area has now been built over by a childrens playing field. <6>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1932-38 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 05949576) Palaeolithic Implements found AD1927

<2> Calkin, J B, Annotated Record Map Corr 6, 3.12.48 (Map). SWX8214.

<3> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 23-NOV-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<3.1> Drew, Lt Col C D, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: (Lt Col C D Drew. Curator, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester) (Verbal communication). SWX2099.

<4> Roe, Derek A, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, 53 (Monograph). SWX4454.

<5> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F2 ASP 25-MAR-69 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<6> 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: 1992-1993: the south west and south of the Thames, 127 (Monograph). SWX1173.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457727 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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