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Summary

Flint scatter, hazard hill. Large amount of material collected from ploughed fields before 1950. Details of flints published in appendix (houlder). Surface finds re-examined, implements of portland chert noted. These include scrapers, broken arrowheads, leaf shaped arrowheads and flakes. Possible mesolithic origin for one piece (fox 1956).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX75NE/3/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ARTEFACT SCATTER (Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 8000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))

Full description

FOX 1956, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160284.

Flint scatter, hazard hill. Large amount of material collected from ploughed fields before 1950. Details of flints published in appendix (houlder). Surface finds re-examined, implements of portland chert noted. These include scrapers, broken arrowheads, leaf shaped arrowheads and flakes. Possible mesolithic origin for one piece (fox 1956).

FOX 1950, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160285.

Polished axes, flint and chert implements, saddle quern and pottery fragments tuned up by ploughing (fox 1950).

FOX 1958, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160286.

Fragment of stone axe turned up by plough. No.1049 in houlders appendix (fox 1958).

FOX 1953, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160287.

Two axes found on the surface petrologically identified, nos.828,767 in houlders appendix (fox 1953).

FOX 1951, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160288.

Other axes identified, one of group 4a and another described as sebistose greenstone (fox 1951).

MASSON-PHILLIPS 1977, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160289.

Split-pebble scrapers have been found on this site (masson-phillips 1977).

1981, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160290.

A triangular flake with tranchet end, retouched, possibly a mesolithic scraper, found at sx755-595- is described in masson-phillips (1981).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160291.

Mus=exe/213/1975/10.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160292.

Mus=exe/220/1975.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160293.

Fox, a. /tda/82(1950)103.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160294.

Fox, a. /tda/85(1953)169.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160295.

Fox, a. /tda/88(1956)213.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160296.

Fox, a. /tda/90(1958)214.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160297.

Houlder, m. A. /pdas/21(1963)2-31 figs. Pls. /a neolithic settlement on hazard hill, totnes.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160298.

Evens, e. D. + grinsell, l. V. + piggott, s. + wallis, f. S. /pps/28(1962)209/ the petrological identification of stone axes.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160299.

Masson phillips, e. N. /tda/109(1977)180 pl. /archaeological notes.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160300.

Masson-phillips, e. N. /tda/113(1981)160 fig 35/archaeological notes ii, 3 mesolithic sites in devon(appendix).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160301.

Evans, e. D. + smith, i. D. + wallis, f. S. /pps/38(1972)248-250.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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