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| HER Number: | MDV14525 |
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| Name: | Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter |
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Summary
Surface finds from Bolberry Down including Mesolithic artefacts in Rougemont House Museum
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 685 385 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX63NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Malborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MALBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX63NE/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Keene, B., Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon (Un-published). SDV325505.
Other details: Manuscript.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151348.
Exeter Museum, 1934, Untitled Source, 200-504 (Record Office Collection). SDV151355.
Miles, H., 1976, Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon, 13 (Article in Serial). SDV117502.
Flattish area in south facing slope to cliffs, wide spread. Other implements include leaf shaped, barbed and tanged, and tanged arrowheads, which are later in date.
Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 60 (Monograph). SDV8096.
Mesolithic finds from Bolberry Down, including a tranchet axe, six scrapers and about three hundred unretouched blades and flakes, in Rougemont House Museum.
Palmer, S., 1977, Untitled Source (Monograph). SDV140592.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1981, Archaeological Notes II: 3 Mesolithic sites in Devon., 147 (Article in Serial). SDV151350.
All are surface finds, at least some of which are Mesolithic. The stone is flint or chert from local beaches. The finds discussed include cores, gravers, flakes, burins, scrapers, microliths and 2 pebble tools. Lithic material suggests a knapping site. Mesolithic industry.
Berridge, P. J., 1984, A Mesolithic site on Bolberry Down, 101-3 (Article in Serial). SDV151352.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV117502 | Article in Serial: Miles, H.. 1976. Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 34. A5 Paperback. 13. |
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| SDV140592 | Monograph: Palmer, S.. 1977. Mesolithic Cultures of Britain. |
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| SDV151348 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX63NE 6. |
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| SDV151350 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1981. Archaeological Notes II: 3 Mesolithic sites in Devon.. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 113. 147. |
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| SDV151352 | Article in Serial: Berridge, P. J.. 1984. A Mesolithic site on Bolberry Down. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 42. 101-3. |
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| SDV151355 | Record Office Collection: Exeter Museum. 1934. EXE 102. 200-504. |
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| SDV325505 | Un-published: Keene, B.. Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon. Manuscript + Digital. |
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| SDV8096 | Monograph: Wymer, J. J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. 20. Hardback Volume. 60. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV74296 | Part of: Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4835 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Find Spot) |
| MDV41970 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4829 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4830 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4831 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4832 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4833 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4834 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV4841 | Related to: Part of Bolberry Down Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 22 2008 3:03PM |
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