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| HER Number: | MDV13017 |
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| Name: | Lithic scatter, Gidleigh Moor |
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Summary
Around 1700 flints have been recovered from Gidleigh Moor. Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age. They include microliths, microburins and other Mesolithic material.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 652 876 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE63
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443654
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/83
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LITHIC SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV254381.
Mus=torquay. The T. H. Russell collection in Torquay Museum consists of c 1700 flints from Gidleigh Moor. Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age (os).
Ralegh Radford, C. A., 1952 /1953, Prehistoric Settlements on Dartmoor and the Cornish Moors, 55-84 (Article in Serial). SDV337080.
Rankine, W. F, 1956, The Mesolithic Sites of Southern England, 1-63 (Article in Serial). SDV265556.
Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 58 (Monograph). SDV8096.
Flints examined by Jacobi. They include microliths, microburins and other Mesolithic material.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX68NE63 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV254379.
(20/05/1977) Torquay Museum holds the T H Russell collection of flints from Gidleigh Moor, (SX 652876). This comprises some 1700 flints, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age, mircoburins, microliths, burins, round, side, end, and hollow scrapers; cores, etc. (See also SX 68 NE 29 'Budd - collection' of flints from Gidleigh Moor).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV254379 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX68NE63. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV254381 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV265556 | Article in Serial: Rankine, W. F. 1956. The Mesolithic Sites of Southern England. Surrey Archaeological Society. 4. Unknown. 1-63. |
| SDV337080 | Article in Serial: Ralegh Radford, C. A.. 1952 /1953. Prehistoric Settlements on Dartmoor and the Cornish Moors. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 18. Digital. 55-84. |
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| SDV8096 | Monograph: Wymer, J. J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. 20. Hardback Volume. 58. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV7788 - LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 11 2022 3:46PM |
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