Record ID: DEV-E7AD5A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 33 peices of Prehistoric flint debitage; although the group is not uniform, it appears to have been sourced almost exlusively from beach or river pebbles. No flakes discussed here exhibit evidence of retouch. Part of larger assemblage of 43 peices; see also DEV-E95533, DEV-E88F5F. The assemblage includes a single primary flake (w: 15.01g), this is incomplete, missing its distal end. Struck from a pebble, with a surviving striking platform and diffuse bulb of percussion with no scars, of a pale grey flint with frequent inclusions. 15 secondary flakes (w: 74.98g, avg. w…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2017
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Record ID: DEV-EBB2BD
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six pieces of Prehistoric flint debitage, probably dating to the Late Neolithic to Bronze Age, c. 3000-800 BC. The group can be divided by flint, with the first group of two flakes being of a dark-grey/brown flint, both secondary flakes but with one with cortex covering c. 90% of its dorsal face. The other retains only a small amount on either mesal edge c.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-ECB2BE
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of four pieces of prehistoric flint debitage, possibly Late Neolithic or Bronze Age in date, c. 3000-800 BC. All secondary flakes of three types of flint. Flake 1 is of a translucent dark brown flint, with a extremely pronounced, slightly hinged bulbar scar. A small area of cortex remains on the left distal corner of the dorsal face, covering c.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-66439A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three worked flint flakes of Prehistoric debitage, all secondary flakes of probable pebble flint, with one exhibiting evidence of retouch. The dating of such a small assemblage must remain highly tentative, however, the general crudeness of the knapping, as well as comparison to two cores found as part of the saem scatter (DEV-ED0824) may suggest a Neolithic to Bronze Age date, c. 3000-800 BC. DEV-667E4A is also part of this same scatter. 1. Secondary flake; brown flint mottled with plaer/white inclusions. c. 40% of distal end covered in cortex. 2 previous sub-parallel removals, bo…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-6727BD
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of Prehistoric flint debitage, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, although a single flake cannot be dated with confidence. Tertiary flake; dark-grey/brown flint mottled with biege inclusions, the larger having a sandy texture. A striking platform partially survives at the proximal end with a diffuse bulb of percussion, there is an obliquely angled hinge approximately three quarters of the way down the length of the flake, in line with a large inclusion on the ventral face. Two sub-parallel blade-like flake removal scars survive on the dorsal face, one was …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2017
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Record ID: DEV-806022
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A struck flint flake of probable Prehistoric date, potentially utilised as an expediency tool. An irregularly shaped tertiary flake of opaque black/grey flint. A striking platform survives at the proximal end with a diffuse bulb of percussion, but no 'lip' below the point of percussion. The distal end is lost to a natural break, but with probable use related wear on this edge. A number of irregular hinged removals on both the dorsal and ventral face appear more likely to be associated with later damage. Dimensions: length 35.7mm; width 34.7mm; thickness 7.5mm; weight 11.50g. Dat…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-809113
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint blade or blade-like flake of prehistoric date, probably Late-Mesolithic to Neolithic, c. 7000-2400 BC. A tertiary blade, with no surviving cortex, of a yellow-brown flint. The surviving fragment comrises of the distal end of the flake, and exhibits no clear evidence of retouch. The dorsal face exhibits scars from three previous, parallel blade-like removals. Dimensions: length 22.5mm; width 18.7mm; thickness 2.5mm; weight 1.09g. Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its parallel removals, such features may n…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-80CFA4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint bladelet of probable prehistoric date, possibly late late Mesolithic, c. 7000-4000 BC. A tertiary bladelet of brown-grey flint missing both its proximal and distal ends to natural breaks. There is no indication of retouch, although the scars from 3 parallel, longitudinal removals survive on the dorsal face. Dimensions: length 18.0mm; width 9.4mm; thickness 2.5mm; weight 0.54g. Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its size and sub-parallel removals, such features may not be intentional. With this in mind a b…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-811ACF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bladelet of uncertain prehistoric date, potentially later Mesolithic, c. 8000-4000 BC. The bladelet is a tertiary flake of patinated grey/white flint, sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in cross section. The striking platform survives at the proximal end with a diffuse bulb of percussion, two main parallel removal scars survive on the dorsal face, with no evidence of retouch. Dimensions: length 24.9mm; width 7.7mm; thickness 3.2mm; weight 0.58g. Dating a single undiagnostic flake with any degree of certainty is impossible, as despite its size and sub-parallel removal…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-74543C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint flake of debitage, possibly of Neolithic date, c. 4000-2400 BC. An incomplete tertiary flake of orange/brown flint. A diffuse bulb of percussion survives at the proximal end of the ventral face, a series of sub-parallel removal scars survive on the dorsal face, with probable use-related chattering along the left mesal edge. The right mesal edge is lost to a break, although this may have been an intentional attempt to blunt this edge. Dimensions: length 63.4mm; width 28.4mm; thickness 7.3mm; weight 14.53g. It is impossible to date an undiagnostic flake such as…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-C47982
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
33 pieces of flint debitage and 1 flake of chert debitage of probable later Bronze Age date, c. 1600-800 BC. The group appears to represent a variety of flint sources, including some pebble flint fragments and comprises of 1 chert (7.43g) and 1 flint (31.25g) primary flake, 19 secondary flakes (350.49g) and 13 tertiary flakes (89.72g). In general the knapping is very crude, producing large, crude flakes with removals struck from several directions and exhibiting characteristics suggestive of hard-hammer percussion, suggesting a date range in the later Prehistoric period. Part of a lar…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-D96D65
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flakes of flint debitage of possible Late Mesolithic to Early Neolithic date, c. 8000-3000 BC. Both flakes are tertiary and incomplete, missing the distal ends to unpatinated, natural breaks. The two flakes are of different flints, one pale yellow-brown, the other far darker. Both are heavily patinated with traces of iron staining. Flake 1 (6.27g, of darker flint) exhibits a relatively large bulb of percussion, with a series of parallel removals from the dorsal face, obscured by a hinged removal at the proximal end. Flake 2 (4.95g) has a diffuse bulb of percussion, although with a…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-E028C4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flake of flint debitage, of uncertain prehistoric date, c. 11,000-1,600BC. A secondary flake of slightly translucent dark grey-brown flint, with c. 25% of the dorsal face covered by a sandy, beige cortex, surviving at the proximal and distal ends. A relatively diffuse bulb of percussion is present at the proximal end, with bulbar scar, and surviving striking patform. The negative removal scars on the dorsal face are sub-parallel, but irregular in size, with no clear indication of further striking platforms being used. There is no evidence of retouch. Dimensions: length 39.5mm; wi…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th April 2018
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Record ID: DEV-6074F1
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single flake of flint debitage, of probable prehistoric date. A tertiary flake of translucent brown flint with bands of grey-beige inclusions. A relatively large bulb of percussion survives at the proximal end, with bulbar scar. Abrasion to the dorsal edge of the striking platform would suggest the use of platform preparation. The sub-parallel, negative removal scars on the dorsal face appear to have been struck from th same platform as the overall removal. There is a small patch of white patination at the distal point, suggesting possible reuse of older material. There is no retouc…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: DEV-07D019
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flakes of flint debitage, probably dating to the Neolithic to Early Bronze age, c. 4000-1,600BC, by association with other material found as part of the same assemblage. Both flakes are tertiary, representing two separate types of flint. The striking platform and bulb of percussion are retained on a single flake, where it is relatively pronounced and scarred. On the same flake, the negative removal scars on the dorsal face are irrgular in size and struck from a platform at roughly 45 degrees to the surviving platform. The second flake terminates in a hinge fracture, with only a si…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
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Record ID: DEV-094CF7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three small blades of flint debitage, probably of Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 11,000-4,000BC. All are tertiary blades, with two incomplete, one missing the proximal end, the other the distal. Where they survive, the bulbs of percussion are diffuse, with evidence of abrasion at the proximal end suggesting platform preparation. All three blades exhibit largely parallel negative removals on the dorsal face, struck from the same platform as the over all removals. The blade missing its distal end has a notch worked into either side alog its length, on the left edge at the distal end a…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: DEV-F8E16A
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Flake of Prehistoric flint debitage, probably of later prehistoric date, c. 3,300-800 BC. A tertiary flake of mottled beige-brown flint exhibiting a pronounced, hinged bulb on percussion with bubar scar. The dorsal face exhibits a number of negative removal scars, struck from multiple platforms and with a number being hinged. The flake likewise has a hinged terminal at the distal end. There is extensive damage to the right edge of the dorsal face. The flake exhibits no retouch, although chattering along the dorsal edge of the striking platform may suggest the use of platform prepara…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EA7FE8
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of flint debitage, probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, c. 3000-800 BC. See also DEV-EA1237 and DEV-EAE593, parts of the same scatter of flint. 1. Incomplete secondary flake of mottled brown flint. c.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-1FBB13
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of eight pieces of flint debitage, probably of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, c. 4000-1000BC. Many of the flakes are fragmentary, and exhibit siginificant recent damage. None exhibit clear evidence of retouch. The assemblage can be divided broadly along the lines of flint used: the first group being of a pale/translucent biege flint with few visible inclusions. Both are blades, secondary with c. 5-15% of the dorsal face being covered by cortex, and exhibit blade-like removal scars on their dorsal face. On the smaller blade the removals appear to have struck from t…
Created on: Friday 21st July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-86C8EF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of three peices of notched debitage of likely Mesolithic or Neolithic date, c. 9000-2400 BC. Thre group represents two types of flint, and all exhibit evidence for a blade or blade-like industry and with retouch forming a notch on one edge. 1. Complete tertiary blade of translucent pink/beige flint. Striking platform and bulb of percussion, with bulbar scar, survive at proximal end. Three parallel, blade-like negative removal scars run along the dorsal face, all struck from the same direction. No evidence of retouch, except for a small notch pressure flaked from ventra…
Created on: Monday 7th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.