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HER Number:MDV41390
Name:Slag found on Broad Down

Summary - not yet available

Location

Grid Reference:SY 172 937
Map Sheet:SY19SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishFarway
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishFARWAY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SY19SE/143

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • SLAG (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100546.

Des=worksheet(pearce 1991).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100547.

Murray/handbook for devon/(1879).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100548.

Simpson, s. J. + noble, s. /archaeological survey and management study of areas on gittisham hill, farway hill and broad down, east devon/(1993)27/(emafu report 93.38).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Vis=-/-/1991 (pearce). A heavy lump of slag found where cattle had trodden out a shallow hollow on broad down (ngr is approximate). Murray refers to iron pyrites being found "in all the tumuli" (worksheet).


Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 233 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV100546Migrated Record:
SDV100547Migrated Record:
SDV100548Migrated Record:
SDV1142Migrated Record:
SDV351568Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 233.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 25 2014 3:15PM