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HER Number: | MDV22769 |
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Name: | ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Shaugh Prior, Sheepstor |
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Summary
Several flint flakes were found by f. Brent, within the enclosure of a hut circle and some pieces of flint on the moor.(os citing rowe). Vis=4/4/1979 (os). No hut or enclosure could be found on ringmoor down save those in the vicinity of gutter tor. Gutter tor? seven mesolithic blades or flakes and one micro-burin found by brent are in plymouth museum.(os citing wymer).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 57 66 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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District | South Hams |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE144
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 438900
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/357
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275817.
Rowe, j. B. /tda/18(1886)74.
Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 409 (Monograph). SDV8096.
"Gutter Tor, ? Dartmoor". Seven Mesolithic blades or flakes and one micro-burin found by Brent are in Plymouth Museum. (Gutter Tor lies at SX 575668 with an enclosed settlement of huts, SX 56 NE 53, at SX 577666).
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE144 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV275816.
Ringmoor Down. (SX 5666): Several flint flakes were found by F. Brent, within the enclosure of a hut circle and some pieces of flint on the moor (citing Rowe, J. B., 1886, 18, pg 74).
(04/04/1979) No hut or enclosure could be found on Ringmoor Down save those in the vicinity of Gutter Tor, SX 56 NE 53 and 57.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV275816 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX56NE144. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV275817 | Migrated Record: |
SDV8096 | Monograph: Wymer, J. J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. 20. Hardback Volume. 409. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
- EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
Date Last Edited: | Jul 9 2021 10:15AM |
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