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HER Number:MDV544
Name:Mesolithic flints found near Weare Gifford

Summary

Battered backed, cresentic and triangular microlithis have been found at Annery on the left bank and notched blades and cones at Netherdown on the right bank of the Torridge.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 470 220
Map Sheet:SS42SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishMonkleigh
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishMONKLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6510.

Grinsell, l. V. /archaeology of exmoor/(1970)185.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6511.

Anon/tda/84(1952)243.

Gardner, K. S., 1957, A Mesolithic Survey of North Devon, 166 (Article in Serial). SDV7582.

Battered backed, cresentic and triangular microlithis have been found at Annery on the left bank and notched blades and cones at Netherdown on the right bank of the Torridge.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV6510Migrated Record:
SDV6511Migrated Record:
SDV7582Article in Serial: Gardner, K. S.. 1957. A Mesolithic Survey of North Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 89. A5 Hardback + Digital. 166.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Sep 28 2023 3:35PM