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| HER Number: | MDV59665 |
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| Name: | Flints from excavations at Buckfast Abbey |
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Summary
Excavations in 1982 and 1984 discovered a series of 24 flints including a microlith of later Mesolithic date and a Neolithic arrowhead.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 740 674 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckfastleigh |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NW/24/16
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Keene, B., Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon, 53 (Un-published). SDV325505.
Twenty four flints recovered from the excavations include a small scalene triangle microlith of later Mesolithic date, and also a transverse arrowhead, oblique type of Neolithic date.
Brown, S. W., 1982, Exacavations at Buckfast Abbey, June 1982 (Report - Interim). SDV294409.
Brown, S. W., 1988, Excavations and Building Recording at Buckfast Abbey, 77 (Article in Serial). SDV348443.
Gent, T. + Manning, P., Nov 2011, Archaeological Assessment of St. Mary's School and St. Mary's Convent, Buckfast, Devon, 7 (Report - Assessment). SDV351589.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV294409 | Report - Interim: Brown, S. W.. 1982. Exacavations at Buckfast Abbey, June 1982. Stewart Brown Associates. Digital. |
| SDV325505 | Un-published: Keene, B.. Arrowheads from Prehistoric Devon. Manuscript + Digital. 53. |
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| SDV348443 | Article in Serial: Brown, S. W.. 1988. Excavations and Building Recording at Buckfast Abbey. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 46. Paperback Volume. 77. |
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| SDV351589 | Report - Assessment: Gent, T. + Manning, P.. Nov 2011. Archaeological Assessment of St. Mary's School and St. Mary's Convent, Buckfast, Devon. Archaedia Report. A4 Comb Bound. 7. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV2311 - FLINT (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC)
- FDV5797 - MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FDV5796 - ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV8334 - Excavation of trial pits in area west of Buckfast Abbey
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 5 2020 2:14PM |
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