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| HER Number: | MDV11906 |
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| Name: | Artefact Scatter on Buckland Down, Mortehoe |
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Summary
Flint implements found in the neighbourhood of Spreacombe.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 48 41 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Georgeham |
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| Civil Parish | Mortehoe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORTEHOE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS44SE/13
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
In the nieghbourhood of Spreacombe remarkably good flint instruments have been found. Several fine scrapers and arrowheads.
Area around Spreacombe was perambulated but no flints found.
YOUNG, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV277811.
Vis=estimated -/-/1906 (young) remarkably good flint instruments found, several fine scrapers, and some of the arrowheads are both stemmed and barbed. The percentage of worked implements is higher than usual in relation to number of wasters. Few however bear the characteristics of genuine pigmy flints.
MUSEUM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3813.
The collection in exeter museum includes 1 microlith, 1 microburin, 1 fabricator, 1 awl, 1 core, 1 knife, 2 blades with secondary working, 6 scrapers and 8 'thumbnail' scrapers - 5 of which are pebble flint (mus).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59763.
Arrowheads and probable b. A. Flaking floor near spreacombe.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59768.
Osa=ss44se5.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59769.
Young, t. /tda/38(1906)266-267/pigmy implements in north devon.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59771.
Mus=exe 107/1910-121/1910 + 396-402/1910.
02/11/1998, Thomas Young's Spreacombe Site (Personal Comment). SDV59770.
The above grid reference is that suggested by Ordnance Survey. However, a map by Thomas Young in the RAM Museum, Exeter (copy in parish file) locates his 'Spreacombe' finds at a point around SS483422. The site is probably related to SS44SE/24. A further excellent assemblage of material, including microliths, attributed to 'Spreacombe', was seen in Ilfracombe Museum in 1987.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV277811 | Migrated Record: YOUNG. |
| SDV3813 | Migrated Record: MUSEUM. |
| SDV59763 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59768 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59769 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59770 | Personal Comment: 02/11/1998. Thomas Young's Spreacombe Site. Photocopy + Digital. |
| SDV59771 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 13 2015 9:17AM |
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