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HER Number: | MDV11854 |
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Name: | Knapping Site |
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Summary
Mesolithic flaking floor area c. Flakes less frequent but one worked flint about 0.7m, below surface. One good obliquely blunted point.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 428 399 |
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Map Sheet: | SS43NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Georgeham |
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District | North Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | GEORGEHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43NW/16
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.
Cliff face site subject to permanent erosion. Small number of flints picked up from higher cliff face, can be found buried beneath hill wash (ntas).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV72532.
Mesolithic flaking floor area c. Flakes less frequent but one worked flint about 0.7m, below surface. One good obliquely blunted point.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV72536.
Osa=ss44sw5.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV72537.
Jacobi, r. M. /pdas/37(1979)figs.17,19/early flandrian hunters in the south west.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV72538.
Ntas/the morte estate: properties between ilfracombe and croyde part 1: baggy point/(1999)15.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
Vis=2/10/1953 (os) waste flakes found in no great quantity in soft cliff face. A possible microlith found at depth of 0.5m.
Walker, D., 2003, Croyde (Worksheet). SDV72539.
possible mesolithic flint arrowhead 3.3cm x 1.3cm found on the cliff circa 0.3m below ground surface in 2003
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1056 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Mesolithic flaking floor area c. Cliff face site subject to permanent erosion. Flints found 0.3 & 0.7 below ground surface. Small number of flints picked up from higher cliff face, can be found buried beneath hill wash.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1056. |
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SDV52 | Migrated Record: National Trust. |
SDV72532 | Migrated Record: |
SDV72536 | Migrated Record: |
SDV72537 | Migrated Record: |
SDV72538 | Migrated Record: |
SDV72539 | Worksheet: Walker, D.. 2003. Croyde. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Aug 17 2016 9:34AM |
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