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Summary

Flint scatter collected from Paignton & Churston parishes

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO10880

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FLINT SCATTER (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 7000 BC to 2351 BC)

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

Surface flints were 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.[1]

The discovery of flint, pottery, and organic remains is described by the finder.[2]

<1> Fox, A., 1958, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.215 (Article in Serial). SDV362014.

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<2> Belleville, G., 1955-1958, Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society, pp.71-75 (Article in Serial). SDV362082.

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Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7881 - Chance finds by G, Belleville - 1953-57

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