SDO21591 - The Palaeolithic site at Broom, Dorset, 1932-41: from the record of C. E. Bean, Esq., F.S.A. Proceedings of the Geological Association 99

‘A terrace at approximately 14 m above the floodplain of the River Axe at Broom in south-west England is underlain by up to 16 m of terrace deposits. Upper and lower gravel units are separated by a unit in which clays, sandy clays and loams are common. Between 1932 and 1941, Palaeolithic artefacts, including over 900 hand-axes of Acheulian type, were recovered from the terrace deposits at Broom by the distinguished amateur archaeologist Charles Bean, of Sherborne in Dorset. His detailed records, reported here for the first time, show that the great bulk of the archaeological material, and particularly that which seems closest to its primary context, came from the sedimentary unit separating the upper and lower gravels. This unit lies between 2 m and 5 m above the present floodplain.’