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| HER Number: | MDV107436 |
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| Name: | Peat Deposit at Yelland |
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Summary
Outer and inner peat-bed remnants identified at Yelland.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 489 328 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Fremington |
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| District | North Devon |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ORGANIC DEPOSIT (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
English Heritage, 2013, Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database: Devon, Record ID 354 (Website). SDV350876.
Record ID 354. Year; 1946. Deposit location; c. SS 489 328. Deposit description; outer and inner peat-bed remnants identified on seaward-sloping blue clay surface. Seaward peat lies on shelly calcareous mud, with thin clay layers in places. Associated artefacts; numerous split bones, teeth, flint flakes and cores within calcareous mud layer. Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age flints. Rogers (1946) is seen as most definitive description of the deposits. Referred to in Churchill and Wymer (1965). No dates available.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350876 | Website: English Heritage. 2013. Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database: Devon. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/research/heritage-science/environmental-archaeology/Environmental-Studies-Resources/intertidal-peat-database/. Website. Record ID 354. [Mapped feature: #2145 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 31 2014 1:58PM |
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