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| HER Number: | MDV14765 |
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| Name: | Mesolithic Settlement on Staddon Heights |
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Summary
Site of a Mesolithic settlement on Staddon Heights
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 490 512 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX45SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX45SE/4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- UNENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
Brent, F., 1885, 10th Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda, 72 (Article in Serial). SDV250005.
Record of where flint scrapers, flakes and small implements have been found.
Worth, R. H., 1887, Untitled Source, 57 (Article in Serial). SDV339866.
Lattimore, M., 1961, Some Prehistoric evidence in the Plymouth area, 287-303 (Article in Serial). SDV339865.
Formerly a large village or camp in all probability, now completely destroyed for construction of new forts. Typical location for a Mesolithic settlement at Staddon. Flint tools found by Brent are of Mesolithic type.
Gaskell-Brown, C., 1976, Plymstock: An Archaeological Survey and Policy, 4 (Report - Survey). SDV339864.
Mesolithic settlement on Staddon Heights. The flint finds indicate the passage of hunting groups in the area during the period 12,000 to 4,000 BC. The flints are in Plymouth Museum or have been recorded there.
Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 65 (Monograph). SDV8096.
Jacobi, R. M., 1979, Early Flandrian Hunters in the South-West, 71 (Article in Serial). SDV117514.
Site mentioned as an area of settlement by hunting culture in the early Flandrian Age. Other details: Figs 11,12 & 14.
Griffith, F. M. + Wilkes, E. M., 2006, The Land Named from the Sea? Coastal Archaeology and Place-names of Bigbury Bay, Devon, 74 (Article in Serial). SDV339814.
Staddon Heights was mentioned as 'Estotdona' in 1086. Staddon is prominent from both land and sea and acts as a marker for the eastern entrance to Plymouth Harbour and for the recognition of the Bigbury Bay coastline. There was an Iron Age cemetery to the north at Stamford Hill and an Iron Age midden was revealed in 1984-5 on the northern slope of the hill.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV117514 | Article in Serial: Jacobi, R. M.. 1979. Early Flandrian Hunters in the South-West. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 37. A5 Paperback. 71. |
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| SDV250005 | Article in Serial: Brent, F.. 1885. 10th Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 17. A5 Hardback. 72. |
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| SDV339814 | Article in Serial: Griffith, F. M. + Wilkes, E. M.. 2006. The Land Named from the Sea? Coastal Archaeology and Place-names of Bigbury Bay, Devon. Archaeological Journal. 163. A5 Paperback. 74. |
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| SDV339864 | Report - Survey: Gaskell-Brown, C.. 1976. Plymstock: An Archaeological Survey and Policy. Unknown. 4. |
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| SDV339865 | Article in Serial: Lattimore, M.. 1961. Some Prehistoric evidence in the Plymouth area. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 93. A5 Hardback. 287-303. |
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| SDV339866 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1887. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 19. A5 Hardback. 57. |
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| SDV8096 | Monograph: Wymer, J. J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. 20. Hardback Volume. 65. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV14766 | Parent of: Prehistoric Flints from Staddon Heights (Monument) |
| MDV56299 | Parent of: Prehistoric Flints from Staddon Heights (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV1102 - BLADE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FDV1103 - MICROBURIN (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 22 2008 3:44PM |
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