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Summary

A collection of flint artefacts comprising two arrowheads, two 'spearheads' and sixty nine scrapers found in a ploughed field 400 yards to the south east of Countess Wear Crossroads between 1935 and 1939.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/207

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Bonnington, P., 1999, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV25639.

Seventy-three worked flint flakes collected by local fieldwalker R. Wynn-Jones between 1935 and 1939 from "a ploughed field 400 yards south east of Countess Wear Crossroads, Topsham". All of the flakes are retouched and the collection comprises of two arrowheads, two 'spearheads' and sixty nine scrapers all of which show signs of wear and damage. No debitage was collected but the flakes are Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age in character.

Sage, A. + Allan, J., 2004, The Early Roman Military Defences, Late Roman Cemetery and Later Features at the Topsham School, Topsham, 32, Fig. 20 (Article in Serial). SDV322088.

The pieces collected by R. Wynne-Jones include a high proportion of artefacts and are clearly highly selective but useful in recording finds in an area now built over. The site shown on Fig. 20 is appoximate.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV312 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2201 BC)
• FDV310 - ARROWHEAD (LANEBA - 2500 BC to 2001 BC)
• FDV311 - SPEAR (LANEBA - 2500 BC to 2001 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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