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| HER Number: | MDV8528 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Flints from Bayard's Cove |
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Summary
Prehistoric flints recovered from the silt at Bayard's Cove
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 878 510 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmouth |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.SAVIOURS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/14
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
Lichfield-Smith, 1974, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV341010.
Several hundred waste flakes and roughly worked flints of Mesolithic type were picked up in the silt deposits on the beach on Bayard's Cove in Dartmouth.
Batty, M., 2003, South Devon Coast Path Project: a study of the archaeology along the coast path in the South Hams from Staddon Heights to Sharkham Point, 86 (Un-published). SDV336214.
Several hundred waste Mesolithic flakes recovered from beach silt deposits.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336214 | Un-published: Batty, M.. 2003. South Devon Coast Path Project: a study of the archaeology along the coast path in the South Hams from Staddon Heights to Sharkham Point. Mixed Archive Material. 86. |
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| SDV341010 | Worksheet: Lichfield-Smith. 1974. Worksheet. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV1268 - FLAKE (Upper Palaeolithic to Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 5500 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 12 2009 3:02PM |
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