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HER Number:MDV6018
Name:Flints from field west of Langworthy

Summary

Including 1 arrowhead, 9 knives (some broken), 2 scrapers. Also many other pieces of worked flint, cores and chips, indicating that this area was used intensively for the manufacture of flint implements. Scattered over an area from sx698771 to sx699772.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 698 771
Map Sheet:SX67NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWidecombe in the Moor
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of probable Medieval field system with well-preserved ridge and furrow west of Langworthy

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/38/2
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Lower Palaeolithic to III - 698000 BC to 300 AD)

Full description

K. ASHBROOK, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV290744.

Vis=10/5/1977 (k. Ashbrook) 1 arrowhead, 9 knives (some broken), 2 scrapers. Also many other pieces of worked flint, cores and chips, indicating that this area was used intensively for the manufacture of flint implements. Scattered over an area from sx698771 to sx699772.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV290745.

Dcra widecombe survey(1979)vol iii 660.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV290744Report - Survey: K. ASHBROOK.
SDV290745Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV29949Part of: Artefact scatter (Monument)
MDV29843Related to: Field system west of Langworthy, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FDV5820 - ARROWHEAD (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FDV5821 - KNIFE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Neolithic - 698000 BC to 2201 BC)
  • FDV2843 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)

Associated Events

  • EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

Date Last Edited:May 22 2023 10:31AM