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Name:Neolithic flint from Dumbledere
ENPHER Monument Number:MSO8636
Type of Record:Find Spot
Grid Reference:ST 002 409
Parish:WITHYCOMBE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Summary

Neolithic flint scrapers found in a field called "Dumbledere".

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Description

ST 002 410 From the field called "Dumbledere" adjoining the "British Village" (MSO8633) three Neolithic scrapers. In the Cornish Collection at Taunton Museum. [1]

The majority of fields in this area contain "Dumbeldere" in their name. The scrapers were probably found in the area centred at ST 002 409. [2]

This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [3]


<1> Somerset County Museum Cornish Collection (Collection). SSO564.

<2> PALMER, JP, Mid 1960s, Field Investigators Comments, Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 26 May 1965 (Unpublished document). SMO7316.

<3> Historic England, Various, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry, 188632, Extant 30 May 2022 (Digital archive). SEM7987.

Sources and Further Reading

[1]SSO564 - Collection: Somerset County Museum Cornish Collection.
[2]XYSMO7316 - Unpublished document: PALMER, JP. Mid 1960s. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 26 May 1965. [Mapped feature: #45934 ]
[3]SEM7987 - Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 188632, Extant 30 May 2022.

Related records

MSO8633Related to: Prehistoric settlement and field system on Withycombe Hill (Monument)

Other References

  • Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MSO11718
  • Local List Status (Rejected)
  • National Monuments Record reference: ST 04 SW22
  • NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 188632
  • SHINE Candidate (No)
  • Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 34285
Date Last Edited:May 30 2022 11:49PM

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