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| HER Number: | MDV6274 |
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| Name: | Scatter of artefacts found near Brownberry |
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Summary
About 75 flints, including plano-convex and other knives, one leaf and two triangular arrowheads, and scrapers. Some Mesolithic, but mostly Neolithic or Early Bronze Age from Brownberry. 443434
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 649 741 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV6275
- Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV6276
- Old DCC SMR Ref: MDV6277
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/39
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/39/1
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/39/2
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/39/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 8000 BC (Between) to 2001 BC (Between))
Full description
Burnard, R., 1897, Dartmoor Stone Implements and Weapons, 382, 384 (Article in Serial). SDV265717.
SX 64 74 Brownberry. Arrowhead of triangular variety. Front face finely chipped and worked, back simply the flat surface of original flake, with a little secondary working at the edges only. Imperfect through breakage (382, plate 2, no.4).
SX 64 74 Brownberry. Large arrowhead. Probably used as tip for short spear, or attached to a light stick as a javelin. Closely worked on one side, on the other is the rounded smooth surface of the flake, with a strongly pronounced bulb of percussion at the base (382, plate 2, no.6).
Brownberry. Arrowhead (382, plate 3, no.2).
SX 64 74 Brownberry. Uncommon variety of scraper. A curved flake more or less trimmed all round, and forming a combination of a scraper and knife (384, plate 7, fig.4).
Miles, H., 1976, Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon, 12 (Article in Serial). SDV117502.
SX 649 741 About 75 flints, including plano-convex and other knives, one leaf and two triangular arrowheads, and scrapers. Some Mesolithic, but mostly Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV117502 | Article in Serial: Miles, H.. 1976. Flint scatters and Prehistoric settlement in Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 34. A5 Paperback. 12. |
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| SDV265717 | Article in Serial: Burnard, R.. 1897. Dartmoor Stone Implements and Weapons. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 29. Digital. 382, 384. [Mapped feature: #40307 ] |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV3103 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 8000 BC? to 2001 BC)
- FDV8398 - SHERD (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 8000 BC to 2001 BC)
- FDV3104 - SPEARHEAD? (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 8000 BC? to 2001 BC)
- FDV3105 - TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Mesolithic to LANEBA - 8000 BC? to 2001 BC)
- FDV8399 - LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FDV8401 - PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FDV8400 - TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV8633 - Dunnabridge Farm, Duchy Farms Survey-Not finished
- EDV8632 - Sherberton Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 9 2024 1:32PM |
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