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HER Number:MDV13649
Name:Lithic implements found at Court Gate Farm, South Brent

Summary

Field walking produced a flint scatter from four adjacent fields. Finds include triangular arrowhead, scrapers, and rubbing stone(?) for quern. They will eventually be lodged with Plymouth Museum.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 713 622
Map Sheet:SX76SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX76SW43
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 898153
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76SW/51

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FLINT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 1501 BC (Between))

Full description

Robinson, R., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV137185.

Des=parish checklist. Vis=estimated -/-/1979 (robinson, r. ). Field walking produced a flint scatter, court gate farm.(4 adjacent fields). Finds include triangular arrowhead, scrapers, and rubbing stone(?) for quern. They will eventually be lodged with plymouth museum.

Robinson, R., 1980, An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent, 22, No. 126 (Report - non-specific). SDV150007.

A Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint scatter near Court Gate Farm, SX713622, included triangular arrowhead scrapers and a (?) rubbing stone for a quern.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137185Report - Survey: Robinson, R..
SDV150007Report - non-specific: Robinson, R.. 1980. An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent. DAS/DCRA Publication. 8. A4 Comb Bound. 22, No. 126.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV5945 - ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FDV5947 - GRAIN RUBBER? (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FDV5948 - LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FDV5946 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 23 2022 11:22AM