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| HER Number: | MDV5965 |
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| Name: | Flint scatter found in Challacombe Valley |
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Summary
Flint scatter found when farming part of challacombe valley. Mottled grey/white flint flakes and a core (brown, possibly chert). There is one vertically fluted 'stepped' core, and one similar cut in half; medium and small flakes with lightly retouched edges, and scrapers; one struck from a small core, small knives; one possible serrated small blade, unretouched flakes; waste flakes; a few rough points; curved piercer with notch under 'beak'; a few snapped small blades with retouched and/or worn edges; medium flakes with cortex, and cutting or scraping edge one side only; medium nosed scraper; round ended scraper; stone piercer (quartz) stone flake scraper one fabricator type flint with very battered edges and ends. Some edges are glossy. In exeter museum.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 69 78 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/108
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LITHIC SCATTER (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
BROWN, POSSIBLY CHERT, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297869.
Flint scatter found when farming part of challacombe valley. Mottled grey/white flint flakes and a core (brown, possibly chert). There is one vertically fluted 'stepped' core, and one similar cut in half; medium and small flakes with lightly retouched edges, and scrapers; one struck from a small core, small knives; one possible serrated small blade, unretouched flakes; waste flakes; a few rough points; curved piercer with notch under 'beak'; a few snapped small blades with retouched and/or worn edges; medium flakes with cortex, and cutting or scraping edge one side only; medium nosed scraper; round ended scraper; stone piercer (quartz) stone flake scraper one fabricator type flint with very battered edges and ends. Some edges are glossy. In exeter museum.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297870.
Mus=exe 224/1975.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV297869 | Migrated Record: BROWN, POSSIBLY CHERT. |
| SDV297870 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV104813 | Related to: Field system at Grendon Farm, Widecombe (Monument) |
| MDV26222 | Related to: Field system west of Blackaton Manor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 27 2023 10:13AM |
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