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Summary

Flint scatter, yalland farm. This is made up of parts of three collections:- the stone collection (mus. Date 1975) which includes burins, knives, scrapers, points, fabricators, blades, leaf shaped and transverse arrowheads, notched and retouched flakes, and waste flakes. Also some possible mesolithic material and a small group of fire-crazed flints. Both flint and chert used.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE80
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442007
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/46
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX66SE80

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FLINT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC)

Full description

Keene, B., Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon, 52 (Un-published). SDV325505.

MUS. DATE 1975, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178514.

Flint scatter, yalland farm. This is made up of parts of three collections:- the stone collection (mus. Date 1975) which includes burins, knives, scrapers, points, fabricators, blades, leaf shaped and transverse arrowheads, notched and retouched flakes, and waste flakes. Also some possible mesolithic material and a small group of fire-crazed flints. Both flint and chert used.
A scatter of flint implements and arrow and spearheads were found at Yalland Farm, South Brent. Now in Exeter Museum. acc. 1970/265 1-6, 102/1934, 183/1975: 5, 16, 22, 28, 29, 31-39, 65, 102, 105, 114, 123. (Yalland Farm SX 69136283).

MUS. DATE 1934, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178515.

The young collection (mus. Date 1934) is represented by two axes of flint or stone, described as rough celts.

IN EXETER MUSEUM, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178516.

The other (mus. Date 1975) includes scrapers, fabricators, blades, petit tranchet derivative arrowheads, knife, point, graver, retouched and waste flakes. A detailed description of the implements is given in the worksheet (in exeter museum).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178519.

Mus=exe/183/1975/5.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178521.

Osa=sx66se80.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178522.

Mes=exe/183/1975/28,31-39,123.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178523.

Mus=exe/102/1934/681-751 (leaf-shaped arrowheads).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178524.

Mus=exe/183/1975/65,105,114.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178530.

Mus=exe 102/1934/765-845.

Miles, H., 1976, Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon, 14 (Article in Serial). SDV117502.

Masson Phillips, E. N., 1977, Archaeological notes, 180 pls (Article in Serial). SDV154831.

Split-pebble scrapers have been found on this site.

Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 64 (Monograph). SDV8096.

The material in Exeter Museum includes Mesolithic blades, scrapers, a microlith and a microburin.

Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.

Jacobi, R. M., 1979, Early Flandrian Hunters in the South-West, fig. 18 (Article in Serial). SDV117514.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV7736 - ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
• FDV7737 - LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
• FDV7738 - SPEAR (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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