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| HER Number: | MDV11095 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Implements from Beer Head |
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Summary
Prehistoric implements found at Beer Head
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 226 879 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY28NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Beer |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BEER AND SEATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY28NW/2/2
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/102/1934/115-134
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: EXE/183/1975/25
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 698000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Unknown, 1975, EXE/183/1975/25 (Record Office Collection). SDV341696.
Beer Head. Part of the Stone Collection. One large tin in Exeter Museum of dark grey-black Beer flint comprising one small thumb scraper; one long-end scraper; large knife; large keeled end scraper; grey flat flint scraper; one doubtful handaxe; one small core; two large disc scrapers; point; knife or saw; nosed scraper; mid-ribbed scraper; core plane; cortex-backed knife; end scraper; oval scraper; square-ended scraper; small notched scraper; flint implement of Moustier point type with facetted butt.
Hosfield, R. + Brown, T. + Basell, L. + Hounsell, S. + Young, R., 2006, The Palaeolithic Rivers of South-West Britain: Final Report (Phases I & II), 44 (Report - non-specific). SDV341644.
Possible Paleaolithic handaxe in a miscellaneous collection of tools including Neolithic.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341644 | Report - non-specific: Hosfield, R. + Brown, T. + Basell, L. + Hounsell, S. + Young, R.. 2006. The Palaeolithic Rivers of South-West Britain: Final Report (Phases I & II). English Heritage Report. PNUM 3847. A4 Stapled + Digital. 44. |
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| SDV341696 | Record Office Collection: Unknown. 1975. EXE/183/1975/25. Royal Albert Memorial Museum. Mixed Archive Material. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV74302 | Part of: Beer Head Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV11094 | Related to: ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Beer (Monument) |
| MDV60120 | Related to: ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Beer (Monument) |
| MDV11093 | Related to: Beer Head Flint Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV11096 | Related to: FINDSPOT in the Parish of Beer (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV1283 - Axe (Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic - 99999 BC to 8000 BC)
- FDV1281 - CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3800 BC to 2000 BC)
- FDV1280 - KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3800 BC to 2000 BC)
- FDV1282 - POINT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3800 BC to 2000 BC)
- FDV1279 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3800 BC to 2000 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 28 2009 12:18PM |
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