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| HER Number: | MDV60437 |
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| Name: | Flint and chert scatter off Rennes Drive, Exeter University Campus |
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Summary
Field walking in March 1999 on a piece of ploughed ground recovered a scatter of 54 flint and 6 chert objects, both worked and unworked. The worked pieces included scrapers, awls/gravers and blades. These suggest a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze age date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 921 943 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| District | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.DAVIDS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SW/295
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC (Between) to 1501 BC (Between))
Full description
Keene, B., 1999, Exeter University Sites 1 and 2, Illustrations (Un-published). SDV365799.
Two sites on the Exeter University Campus were fieldwalked by Dr V. Maxfield and members of the Tiverton Archaeology Group (TAG) in March and April 1999.
Site 1, a piece of ploughed ground circa 100msq, with weathered clay soil, was walked on 31st March 1999. Fifty four pieces of flint, 6 pieces of chert and a pebble, both worked and unworked, were recovered. The list of pieces recovered includes 4 flint and 3 chert scrapers, including one of a fine black Beer-type flint, two flint blades and 2 flint awls/gravers.
Bonnington, P., 1999, Field walking at Exeter University (Personal Comment). SDV25600.
Fieldwalking on 31st March 1999 recovered a scatter consisting of 54 flint and 6 chert objects, both worked and unworked. The flint consists of 1 small worked core, 4 retouched scrapers, 2 awls/gravers, 1 blade section and 1 backed blade. The rest of the pieces are flakes or 'lumps' and flint from Beer and local sources are represented. The chert consists of 3 worked scrapers and 3 flakes/lumps. The scatter was located on a 100m square area of ploughed land on the Exeter University Campus (Site 1). The worked pieces suggest a Late Neolithic/Early Bronze age date (information from B. Keene).
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
The area has now been built over.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV25600 | Personal Comment: Bonnington, P.. 1999. Field walking at Exeter University. Digital. |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV365799 | Un-published: Keene, B.. 1999. Exeter University Sites 1 and 2. A4 Stapled + Digital. Illustrations. [Mapped feature: #38625 Location taken from the annotated map attached to the report(s)., ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV60438 | Related to: Artefact scatter to east of Rennes Drive, Exeter University Campus (Monument) |
| MDV60435 | Related to: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Exeter (Monument) |
| MDV60439 | Related to: Flint and chert scatter to south of Belvidere Road, Exeter University Campus (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV8365 - TOOL (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 6 2023 5:39PM |
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