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HER Number:MDV8330
Name:Spindle whorl, Littlehays Farm

Summary

Spindle whorl found in field at Littlehays Farm; one of several hundred prehistoric artefacts recovered from the farm over a number of years; see MDV8294.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 798 863
Map Sheet:SX78NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBridford
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishBRIDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NE/48

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? (Between) to 1501 BC (Between))

Full description

Greeves, T. A. P., 1976, Flints found at Little Hays Farm, Bridford (Worksheet). SDV306597.

(27/10/1976) A second spindle whorl was found in the field centred at SX 7988 8633 in the 1970s (oral information from T. Langabeer provided to T. Greeves, Dartmoor National Park Archaeologist).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV306597Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1976. Flints found at Little Hays Farm, Bridford. Worksheet. Digital. [Mapped feature: #50264 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV8294Part of: Extensive flint scatters found at Littlehays Farm, Bridford (Monument)
MDV106073Related to: Plastow Fields, Carrapitt Farm, Bridford (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FDV2429 - SPINDLE WHORL (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 1501 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 31 2023 1:27PM