Find Spot record MDO19442 - Palaeolithic handaxe from Mill Road, Fairmile, Christchurch
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A Palaeolithic Handaxe was found at Mill Road, Fairmile, Christchurch. (1) This object does not appear to have been recorded by Wymer, although he mentions a single handaxe found at Mill Lane in 1911, an event which he conflates with 86 handaxes found at Mill Plain on another occasion. (2)
Mill Road is close to a gravel pit marked on the 2nd edition OS map at Fairmile Road, this may be where the handaxe derives from.
<1> Roe, Derek A, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites, 93 (Monograph). SWX4454.
<2> Wymer, J, 1993, The Southern Rivers Palaeolithic Project: the Upper Thames Valley, the Kennet Valley and the Solent drainage system, 139 (Monograph). SWX4473.
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| Grid reference | SZ 15336 93682 (point) |
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| Map sheet | SZ19SE |
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Record last edited
Feb 28 2024 2:07PM
