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| HER Number: | MDV14534 |
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| Name: | Neolithic or Bronze Age flints from Quintatown and Week Down |
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Summary
A small collection of Bronze Age barb-and-tanged and triangular arrowheads and scrapers was found at Quintatown SX706867 including one barbed and tanged and one triangular arrowhead. Scrapers. A small collection of arrowheads and scrapers of Neolithic date were also found on Week Down, SX710865 including 2 leaf, one petit tranchet and one triangular arrowheads, and scrapers.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 707 865 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78NW58
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 898296
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/54
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FLINT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Miles, H., 1976, Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon, 11 (Article in Serial). SDV117502.
A small collection of Bronze Age barb-and-tanged and triangular arrowheads and scrapers was found at Quintatown SX706867.
One barbed and tanged and one triangular arrowhead. Scrapers. A small collection of arrowheads and scrapers of Neolithic date were also found on Week Down, SX710865 including 2 leaf, one petit tranchet and one triangular arrowheads, and scrapers.
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. 11. [Mapped features: #5889 Siting nr Quintatown, ; #137715 Week Down APPROXIMATE LOCATION, ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV7958 - LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
- FDV7963 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
- FDV7961 - TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
- FDV7962 - TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
- FDV7957 - BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
- FDV7959 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
- FDV7960 - TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2022 12:19PM |
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