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| HER Number: | MDV3760 |
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| Name: | Flint found at South Hessary Tor |
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Summary
A rounded scraper, broken, and a fine flint flake found.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 597 723 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SE81
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440259
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/25
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Rowe, J. B., 1886, 11th Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda, 74 (Article in Serial). SDV348447.
South Hessary Tor. A rounded scraper, broken, and a fine flint flake found (Brent, F.).
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 08/10/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
No further information.
This site lies within Lydford Parish not Walkhampton as wrongly recorded by Ordnance Survey (S. A. J. Probert, 10/08/1988).
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Unknown, SX56SE81 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272510.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV272510 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Unknown. SX56SE81. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. |
| SDV348447 | Article in Serial: Rowe, J. B.. 1886. 11th Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 18. A5 Hardback. 74. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 08/10/2021. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV2388 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 180001 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV8628 - Tor Royal Farm Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8629 - Peat Cot Farm Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 8 2021 4:09PM |
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