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| HER Number: | MDV57140 |
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| Name: | Stone implement found at Wheal Jewell, Willsworthy |
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Summary
A stone implement, 7 3/8 inches in length, 1 3/8 inches thick and 3 1/16th inches wide was found at Wheal Jewell, near Willsworthy. The implement is made from the local 'idiorite' and is partly rough-hewn, partly ground and polished.
Worth considers it to have been a flenching tool for removing hides from carcases but is not prepared to date it.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 51 81 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SW25
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440731
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/61
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 698000 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV260934.
Nmr=sx58nw25.
Worth, R. H., 1934, Proceedings of the Seventy Third Annual Meeting, 315-6 (Article in Serial). SDV257912.
(SX 5181) A stone implement, 7 3/8 inches in length, 1 3/8 inches thick and 3 1/16th inches wide was found at Wheal Jewell, near Willsworthy. The implement is made from the local 'idiorite' and is partly rough-hewn, partly ground and polished.
Worth considers it to have been a flenching tool for removing hides from carcases but is not prepared to date it.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV257912 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1934. Proceedings of the Seventy Third Annual Meeting. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 66. Hardback Volume. 315-6. [Mapped feature: #134555 ] |
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| SDV260934 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV3185 | Part of: Wheal Betsy Mine (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV4289 - TOOL (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 698000 BC to 409 AD)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 25 2021 8:59AM |
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