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HER Number:MDV3508
Name:Flint flake found at Burrator Reservoir

Summary

Burrator, bank of the meavy at the north end of the burrator reservoir. One black flint flake, (leng 33mm, widt 30mm) upper surface has parallel flake scars with secondary working to form a steep sided straight end with one corner slightly concave; under surface bulb and bulbar scar.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 566 691
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSheepstor
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX56NE138
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 438886
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/183

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

LENG 33MM, WIDT 30MM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237226.

Burrator, bank of the meavy at the north end of the burrator reservoir. One black flint flake, (leng 33mm, widt 30mm) upper surface has parallel flake scars with secondary working to form a steep sided straight end with one corner slightly concave; under surface bulb and bulbar scar.
One black flint flake was found on the bank of the River Meavy at the north end of Burrator Reservoir. In Exeter Museum 125/1964. SX 566691

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237227.

Mus=exe/125/1964.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237228.

Nmr=sx56ne138.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV237226Migrated Record: LENG 33MM, WIDT 30MM.
SDV237227Migrated Record:
SDV237228Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV103325Related to: Burrator Reservoir (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FDV3134 - LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 698000 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 9 2021 10:54AM