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V.—Palæolithic Flint Implements from the Chalk Downs of the Isle of Wight and the Valleys of the Rivers Western Yar and Stour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. Hazzledine Warren
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In taking my first walk over West High Down, near Freshwater Bay, in May of last year, I found that the ground had been ploughed up by traction engines drawing heavy guns to some new forts on the Needles Point, then in course of construction. Thinking that there might be some Neolithic implements turned up, I examined the ruts, when almost the first thing I saw was a Palæolithic implement. It was ovate in form, 3¼ inches long by 2⅜ inches broad, thin, very slightly twisted, well made and symmetrical though not elaborately finished, and ochreous and almost unabraded in condition. So far as I am aware, this is the first Palæolithic implement that has been found in the district.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 7 , Issue 9 , September 1900 , pp. 406 - 412
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1900

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page 406 note 1 Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xvi (1900), p. 266.Google Scholar

page 406 note 2 For an account of the discoveries at the other extremity of the island, see Codrington, T., Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxvi (1870), p. 542Google Scholar; and SirEvans, John, “Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain,” 2nd ed. (1897), p. 626.Google Scholar

page 408 note 1 The levels for this district are not published by the Ordnance Survey. Those with an asterisk are approximate aneroid levels taken by myself.

page 410 note 1 Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xv (1898), p. 277Google Scholar; see also Godwin-Austen, R., Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xiii (1857), p. 45.Google Scholar

page 411 note 1 There is danger in visiting the pits on the summit of this hill, owing to the proximity of the rifle-butts, and there is nothing to warn one. I narrowly escaped being shot here in February last.

page 411 note 2 I have some in which the chippings are contemporary with Neolithic implements.