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Summary

Flints. Surface flints collected by g. Belleville of galmpton warborough between 1953 and 1957. The finds mostly of secondary neolithic date included a polished axe, leaf arrowheads and petit trenchet derivatives, barbed and tanged arrowheads and a rippled knife point. These flints were found scattered over paignton and churston ferrers parishes. The sites are on the devonian limestone, on slopes facing broadsands and torbay, well suited to early settlement. A further surface flint-working site is reported on castle hill which has produced neolithic leaf-shaped arrowheads and much fine flintwork.(fox). Discovery of flint, pottery, and organic remains described by finder.(belleville).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85NE/5

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

BELLEVILLE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV317337.

Flints. Surface flints collected by g. Belleville of galmpton warborough between 1953 and 1957. The finds mostly of secondary neolithic date included a polished axe, leaf arrowheads and petit trenchet derivatives, barbed and tanged arrowheads and a rippled knife point. These flints were found scattered over paignton and churston ferrers parishes. The sites are on the devonian limestone, on slopes facing broadsands and torbay, well suited to early settlement. A further surface flint-working site is reported on castle hill which has produced neolithic leaf-shaped arrowheads and much fine flintwork.(fox). Discovery of flint, pottery, and organic remains described by finder.(belleville).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV318869.

Osa=sx85ne4.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV318870.

Fox, a. /tda/90(1958)215/25th report on the archaeology and early history of devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV318871.

Belleville, g. /t. T. N. H. S. /12(1955-58)71-75/the coastal belt/plan.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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