MSO8636 - Neolithic flint from Dumbledere (Find Spot)

Summary

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

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Protected Status

None recorded

Full 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]

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SSO564 Collection: Somerset County Museum Cornish Collection.
<2>XY SMO7316 Unpublished document: PALMER, JP.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.