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| HER Number: | MDV5747 |
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| Name: | Flint knife found above Brent Moor House |
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Summary
The broken top half blade of a flint knife probably of Early Bronze Age date was found 200 yards above Brent Moor House in 1930. Find now in the Totnes Antiquarian Societys Museum, at the Guildhall, Totnes.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 681 635 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE83
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442010
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/53
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
BRENT MOOR HOUSE AT SX683-636-, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178101.
Osa locate this find around sx68--63-- (brent moor house at sx683-636-).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV178103.
Des=parish checklist/south brent. Now in totnes museum (checklist).
Fox, A., 1956, Twenty-Third Report on the Archaeology and Early History of Devon, 214 (Article in Serial). SDV112512.
SX69--61-- The broken top half blade of a flint knife with fine secondary working, probably of Early Bronze Age (Beaker) date was found 200 yards above Brent Moor House (SX 683636) in 1930. Find now in the Totnes Antiquarian Societys Museum, at the Guildhall, Totnes.
Flint knife, broken, top half of the blade 70mm x 38mm x 8mm. Made of grey flint, with fine secondary working at the edges. It may be compared to the blade from Cullever Steps, Belstone (DAES 2, 1935, p.217). Both are probably of Early Bronze Age (Beaker) date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV112512 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1956. Twenty-Third Report on the Archaeology and Early History of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 88. A5 Hardback. 214. [Mapped feature: #135104 ] |
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| SDV178101 | Migrated Record: BRENT MOOR HOUSE AT SX683-636-. |
| SDV178103 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV67559 | Related to: Brentmoor House, South Brent (Building) |
Associated Finds
- FDV4894 - KNIFE (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 21 2022 12:58PM |
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