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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

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

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

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