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| HER Number: | MDV11900 |
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| Name: | Knapping Site between Ramson Lane and Middleborough Lane, Georgeham |
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Summary
Mesolithic flaking floor identified in about 1905 at the source of a stream, including wasters, cores, hammer stones and coarse scrapers. Further flints were found in 1988.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 433 404 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SW |
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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: SS44SW/12
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59718.
Me flaking floor.
1988, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59721.
A further flint collection, including finds from this area, is reported by richardson (1988).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59722.
Young, t. /tda/38(1906)266/pigmy stone implements in north devon.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59723.
Osa=ss44sw2.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59724.
Des=worksheet(richardson 1988).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59725.
Ntas/the morte estate: properties between ilfracombe and croyde part 1: baggy point/(1999)20.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
Vis=2/10/1953(os) fields surrounding source of stream were under grass and there were no surface finds. Over a wide area pebble flints and wasters were found in ploughed fields during field investigation (os).
YOUNG, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV277811.
Vis=estimated -/-/1905(young) following the direction of the little stream inland for half a mile in an easterly direction to its source where scattered quantities of chipped flints among which i have found pigmy implements well patinated in association with wasters, cores, hammer stones and coarse scrapers.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 753 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Mesolithic flaking floor identified in c.1905 at source of stream, including wasters, cores, hammer stones and coarse scrapers. Further flints found in 1988.
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. |
| 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. 753. |
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| SDV59718 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59721 | Migrated Record: 1988. |
| SDV59722 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59723 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59724 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV59725 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 11 2015 2:49PM |
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