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HER Number: | MDV46155 |
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Name: | ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Lundy |
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Summary - not yet available
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 137 444 |
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Map Sheet: | SS14SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Lundy |
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District | Torridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LUNDY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS14SW/182
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC)
Full description
SCHOFIELD + WEBSTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV369.
Origins of raw material discussed (schofield + webster).
National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.
Probable mesolithic flints from "tillage" field. A considerable number of flints and quartzite tools and flakes have been found in brickyard, tillage and st. Helens fields. Tentatively attributed to the mesolithic (nt).
SCHOFIELD 1988, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6127.
Primary waste flint flakes found in test pits in 1988. Also a hollow scraper of mesolithic or early neolithic date (schofield 1988).
SCHOFIELD 1991, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6129.
Langham collection contains 124 flints from tillage field. Mostly primary waste, but also core trimming flakes, bashed lumps and a number of broken flakes. Source probably pebbles from quarry beach (schofield 1991).
NMR CITING LANGHAM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6130.
Considerable numbers of flint and quartzite tools and flakes have been found in brick field (ss13704470) tillage field (ss13754440) and st helen's field (ss13804418) where it is thought that remains of hut circles were destroyed during ploughing. Five hundred flakes were collected from brick field in 1932 by dr dollar including cores, pygmy flakes, scrapers, etc. No contemporary pottery was found but several large upright stones were considered to be menhirs (nmr citing langham).
NMR CITING GARDNER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6131.
In 1957 more than 1000 flakes and cores were recovered from brick field by boys from devonport high school, including a micro-burin, microliths, a graver, scrapers and a high percentage of workers (nmr citing gardner).
NMR CITING OS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV6132.
Vis=18/5/1962 (os) all three fields under pasture and apart from one or two small flakes, nothing seen (nmr citing os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6133.
Ntas/lundy, devon/1(1989)120-121/101,140.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6134.
Schofield, a. J. /lundy field society annual report/39(1988)34.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6135.
Schofield, a. J. /lundy field society annual report/42(1991)76.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6136.
Schofield, a. J. + webster, c. J. /lundy field soc. Annual report/40(1989)40-2.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6137.
Nmr=ss14sw9.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6138.
Langham, a. + m. /lundy, bristol channel/(1960)5.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6140.
Dcnq/165(1930-1).
Gardner, K. S., 1957, A Mesolithic Survey of North Devon, 167 (Article in Serial). SDV7582.
More than 1000 flakes and cores were recovered from Brick Field in 1957 by boys from Devonport High School, including a micro-burin, microliths, a graver, scrapers and a high percentage of workers.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV369 | Migrated Record: SCHOFIELD + WEBSTER. |
SDV52 | Migrated Record: National Trust. |
SDV6127 | Migrated Record: SCHOFIELD 1988. |
SDV6129 | Migrated Record: SCHOFIELD 1991. |
SDV6130 | Migrated Record: NMR CITING LANGHAM. |
SDV6131 | Migrated Record: NMR CITING GARDNER. |
SDV6132 | Report - Survey: NMR CITING OS. |
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SDV6133 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6134 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6135 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6136 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6137 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6138 | Migrated Record: |
SDV6140 | Migrated Record: |
SDV7582 | Article in Serial: Gardner, K. S.. 1957. A Mesolithic Survey of North Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 89. A5 Hardback + Digital. 167. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 28 2023 3:59PM |
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