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| HER Number: | MDV518 |
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| Name: | Flint Implements Recovered in 1930s |
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Summary
Flints including a barbed and tanged arrowhead, a leaf-shaped arrowhead and a barbed and stemmed arrowhead, found near Great Torrington in the 1930s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 462 225 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Monkleigh |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MONKLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/63/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1933, Thirty-ninth report on Scientific Memoranda, 164 (Article in Serial). SDV338049.
Not far from Torrington, beside the Torrington-Bideford road and between the road and the railway, immediately before the turning to Weare Gifford, is a strip of land recently broken for gardening purposes by Mr William Sparks of Torrington. Here Mr Sparks has found a large number of flint chips of varying size.
Worth, R. H., 1938, Forty-fourth report on Scientific Memoranda, 117-118 (Article in Serial). SDV1643.
A number of worked flints, including a barbed and tanged arrowhead, a leaf-shaped arrowhead and a barbed and stemmed arrowhead, shown in two photographs and described in text were found by Mr. W. Sparks, on land where he obtained flints described in the Thirty-ninth Report on Scientific Memoranda. Other details: Plates XIII and XIV.
Grinsell, L. V., 1970, The Archaeology of Exmoor, 197 (Monograph). SDV1641.
One barbed and tanged arrowhead found at Great Torrington.
Turton, S. D., 1992, Archaeological Assessment of Deep Moor Pipeline, Great Torrington, 3 (Report - Assessment). SDV338510.
Collection of flint implements recovered in 1930's. Most were apparently of local flint, derived from a deposit near Orleigh. Many waste flakes. Also leaf-shaped arrowhead and barbed and stemmed arrowhead.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1641 | Monograph: Grinsell, L. V.. 1970. The Archaeology of Exmoor. The Archaeology of Exmoor: Bideford Bay to Bridgewater. A5 Hardback. 197. |
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| SDV1643 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1938. Forty-fourth report on Scientific Memoranda. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 70. A5 Hardback. 117-118. |
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| SDV338049 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1933. Thirty-ninth report on Scientific Memoranda. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 65. A5 Hardback. 164. |
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| SDV338510 | Report - Assessment: Turton, S. D.. 1992. Archaeological Assessment of Deep Moor Pipeline, Great Torrington. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Report. 92.61. A4 Stapled + Digital. 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV11844 | Part of: Prehistoric Flint Working Site near Great Torrington (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 8 2011 9:41AM |
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