More information : Flint axes, arrowheads, implements etc., from a 'floor' on Hopcott
Hill, Minehead. (1)
The Cornish Collection in Taunton Museum contains a number of flint
implements from "Higher Hopcott", a field adjoining Hopcott Common.
They include two Palaeolithic scrapers Mesolithic microliths and
scrapers, and Neolithic rubbers, leaf shaped arrowheads, fabricators,
knives, scrapers and a polished axe.
"Higher Hopcott" field, at present under pasture, is said (b) to be at SS 96354500. There is, however, no field of that name on the Tithe Map and the description given by Cornish "adjoining Hopcott Common" could apply to fields on SS 94 SE, also under pasture. (2)
Mesolithic thumb scraper of Portland chert from Higher Hopcott in
Cornish Collection, Taunton Museum 62.A.79 and 62.A.99. listed. (3)
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