MSO12188 - Neolithic or Bronze Age flint implement finds southwest of Venn Plantation (Monument)

Summary

A group of flints were found in this vicinity in the 1940s.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Miss M Hatch-Barnwell has over 100 flints collected from the fields of Blackford Farm between 1940-45 comprising cores, scrapers, fabricators and Neolithic and Bronze age arrowheads. They were found in wide area, but one concentration in fields called "Great Wood". [1] There is also a worked flint flake or knife, length 2.25ins found at Blackford (Selworthy), and presented to Taunton Museum in 1916 which is likely to have come from one of these sites. [2] See MSO12186, MSO12187 and MSO12189 for other concentrations of flint on this farm. [3]

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1965. SS94NW. 7.
  • <2> Article in serial: Anon (H St George Gray). 1916. Additions to the museum. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society. 92. 60.
  • <3> Verbal communication: Various. 1900-. Somerset County Council / South West Heritage Trust staff comments. Chris Webster, SMR Officer, 25 November 1998.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • Somerset SMR PRN: 35233

Map

Location

Grid reference SS 9270 4467 (point)
Map sheet SS94SW
Civil Parish SELWORTHY, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2020 4:47PM

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