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| HER Number: | MDV131844 |
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| Name: | Finds of flint and stone objects, Lyd Valley |
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Summary
Miscellaneous flint and stone objects recorded in 1936 article from the Lyd Valley; precise locations not given.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 537 870 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lands common to the Parishes of Bridestowe and Sourton |
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| District | West Devon |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58NW14
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440550
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to I - 4000 BC (Between) to 43 AD (Between))
Full description
Cowling, J. + Worth, R. H., 1936, Archaeological Notes from the Valley of the Lyd [flints, spindle whorls, “stone coffin”], 303-4 (Article in Serial). SDV263052.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58NW14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236426.
Neolithic and Bronze Age implements found in the Lyd Valley between "the waterfall and Ox Clam" (these points could not be identified by 1950 Ordnance Survey recorder. River Lyd named at SX 537870). The finds are described in nine groups:
1. Eleven flint flakes in debris from a badger's holt. 2 & 3 . Spindle whorls of grit or hard slate. 4. Two leaf and one barbed and tanged arrowheads. 5. Six flint scrapers. 6. Trimmed
flake. 7. Seven parallel flakes. 8. Disc of Grit-stone. 9. Piece of unworked local rock with perforation (citing 1936 article).
(24/10/1950) Local enquiries failed to establish the whereabout of "Ox Clam", "Clam" being the local term for a ford. There is a waterfall under Lydford Bridge (SX 50938456) but it is not certain whether the one referred to in 1936 article.
No further information was obtained regarding the finds.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV236426 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX58NW14. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. [Mapped feature: #133741 Location is approximate, ] |
| SDV263052 | Article in Serial: Cowling, J. + Worth, R. H.. 1936. Archaeological Notes from the Valley of the Lyd [flints, spindle whorls, “stone coffin”]. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 68. Paperback Volume. 303-4. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV7676 - ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to I - 4000 BC to 43 AD)
- FDV7677 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to I - 4000 BC to 43 AD)
- FDV7678 - SPINDLE WHORL (Early Neolithic to I - 4000 BC to 43 AD)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 2 2021 9:42AM |
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