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| HER Number: | MDV49498 |
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| Name: | Flint implements from Burscott Farm, Clovelly |
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Summary
Worked flints including barbed arrowhead, borers and scrapers. These look to have been found at Burford Farm, not Burscott Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 314 242 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS32SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clovelly |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLOVELLY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS32SW/67/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ellis, S., 1987, Down a Cobbled Street; the Story of Clovelly, 63 (Monograph). SDV341394.
During 1935 Mr Godwin has collected a number of worked flints from Burscott Farm. Includes a (possibly Early Bronze Age) barbed arrowhead, borers and scrapers.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 265 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Hobbs, S., 2021, MDV49498 (Correspondence). SDV364197.
The finds referred to by S. Ellis as coming from Burscott Farm actually came from Burford Farm, also in Clovelly parish. The collection of lithics by Robert Egerton Godwin does not include any references to Burscott as a find site.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 265. |
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| SDV341394 | Monograph: Ellis, S.. 1987. Down a Cobbled Street; the Story of Clovelly. Down a Cobbled Street; the Story of Clovelly. Photocopy + Digital. 63. [Mapped feature: #30556 ] |
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| SDV364197 | Correspondence: Hobbs, S.. 2021. MDV49498. Email regarding mislocation of finds. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV173 | Related to: Artefacts from Burford Farm, Clovelly (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 5 2021 1:47PM |
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