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| HER Number: | MDV11093 |
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| Name: | Beer Head Flint Scatter |
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Summary
The McAlpine Woods collection of flint implements from Beer Head includes cores, scrapers, burins, borers, points and blades.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 226 879 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY28NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Beer |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BEER AND SEATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY28NW/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
NMR, SY28NW6 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV336162.
The McAlpine Woods Collection of Flint Implements from Beer Head (Un-published). SDV336156.
The McAlpine Woods collection of flint implements from Beer Head in the Rougemont House Museum Exeter. Cores; large round-ended scrapers; side scrapers; end and square- ended scrapers; disc scraper; hollow scraper; fabricator; burins; borers; points; large blades; notched or hollow scrapers; possible early celt; double-ended scraper; triangular-shaped scraper; small nosed scraper; small retouched flakes; piercers; waisted flake knives; possible petit tranchet derivative arrowhead; thumb scrape. Other details: EXE/49/1949/76.
Powell, J. A., 1920, Implements from Beer Head, South East Devon (Article in Serial). SDV336160.
Dowie, H. G., 1927 - 1930, Recent Archaeological Additions to the Museum, 243 (Article in Serial). SDV336159.
Some flints, a gift of Mrs. McAlpine Woods, were deposited in Torquay Museum. The flints were recovered from Ploughsoil as surface finds. The find of an undisturbed working surface with possibly earlier flints is also mentioned.
Fox, A., 1950, Seventeenth Report on the Early History of Devon, 103 (Article in Serial). SDV336158.
Masson Phillips, E. N., 1977, Archaeological notes, 180 (Article in Serial). SDV154831.
This is one of several south Devon coastal sites to produce split-pebble scrapers. Other details: Plate.
Wymer, J. J., 1977, Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites, 55 (Monograph). SDV8096.
Some Mesolithic material identified in the Rougemont House Collection.
Quinnell, H., 1983, Flints (Worksheet). SDV336161.
Surface finds from Beer Head prior to 1927 were given to the British Museum by MacAlpine Woods. Accession register illustrated by drawings. Other unprovenanced surface finds given to British Museum in 1949 by MacAlpine Woods. Other details: BM 1927 11-11/1 to 11-11/27; BM 1949 10-2/76 to 10-2/105 and 10-2/113 to 117.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2796 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.
Various collections.
SMR.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV154831 | Article in Serial: Masson Phillips, E. N.. 1977. Archaeological notes. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 109. A5 Paperback. 180. |
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| SDV336156 | Un-published: The McAlpine Woods Collection of Flint Implements from Beer Head. Not Applicable. |
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| SDV336158 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1950. Seventeenth Report on the Early History of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 82. A5 Hardback. 103. |
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| SDV336159 | Article in Serial: Dowie, H. G.. 1927 - 1930. Recent Archaeological Additions to the Museum. Transactions of the Torquay Natural History Society. 5. Unknown. 243. |
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| SDV336160 | Article in Serial: Powell, J. A.. 1920. Implements from Beer Head, South East Devon. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. 3(2). Unknown. |
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| SDV336161 | Worksheet: Quinnell, H.. 1983. Flints. Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV336162 | National Monuments Record Database: NMR. SY28NW6. NMR Index. Unknown. |
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| SDV351568 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 2796. |
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| SDV8096 | Monograph: Wymer, J. J.. 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites. Council for British Archaeology Research Report. 20. Hardback Volume. 55. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV74302 | Part of: Beer Head Lithic Scatter (Monument) |
| MDV11094 | Related to: ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Beer (Monument) |
| MDV60120 | Related to: ARTEFACT SCATTER in the Parish of Beer (Monument) |
| MDV11096 | Related to: FINDSPOT in the Parish of Beer (Find Spot) |
| MDV11095 | Related to: Prehistoric Implements from Beer Head (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 23 2016 10:01AM |
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