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HER Number:MDV8441
Name:Flints found near Spinster's Rock

Summary

Flint flakes found in field below sacred circle near Spinster's Rock. Two small grey/white mottled flakes-one bulb end of a small blade with sides slightly retouched to a rounded point with one flake scar on under surface; one middle part of small blade, partly notched and snapped like burin technique, and obliquely snapped off the other end.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 701 908
Map Sheet:SX79SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDrewsteignton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishDREWSTEIGNTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX79SW/34/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV222294.

Mus=exe/20/1976.


PHAYRE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV54946.

Vis=1/5/1928(phayre) flint flakes found in field below sacred circle near spinster's rock. Two small grey/white mottled flakes-one bulb end of a small blade with sides slightly retouched to a rounded point with one flake scar on under surface; one middle part of small blade, partly notched and snapped like burin technique, and obliquely snapped off the other end.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV222294Migrated Record:
SDV54946Migrated Record: PHAYRE.

Associated Monuments

MDV8440Related to: Spinster's Rock, Drewsteignton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 16 2014 11:18AM