Excavations of a Colluvial Deposit and an Artefact Scatter at the Prehistoric Flint Source in Beer, Devon

Abstract

This paper summarises the results of two excavations which were carried out as part of a survey of the area around Beer Head. Sectioning a dry valley to the north of the modem settlement revealed one of the oldest, deepest and most artefactually rich colluvial deposits to have been excavated to date. Less than one kilometre to the south-west, the excavation of an artefact concentration identified by fieldwalking revealed subsoil features in which a variety of local and imported stone types had been placed.