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| HER Number: | MDV7850 |
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| Name: | Coin hoard found at Furzeleigh; duplicate of MDV8931 |
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Summary
Duplicate record of a coin hoard found at Furzeleigh; believed to be at Furseley Rocks see MDV8931.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 74 67 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX76NE1
- National Monuments Record: SX76NW25
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 444714
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 444849
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NW/51
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) FINDSPOT? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Full description
Davidson, J. B., 1861, Notes on the Antiquities of Devonshire which date before the Norman Conquest, 13 (Monograph). SDV123842.
SX 7569 Davidson merely says "a coin of Claudius Caesar is reported to have been dug up here".
Worth, R. N., 1891, President's Address, 77 (Article in Serial). SDV158810.
Coins of Valerianus, Gallienus, Claudius Gothicus, Postumus, Victorianus the elder: apparently found at Furzeleigh, 1837. Worth makes copious use of Davidson, noting that "Ashburton Coins of Claudius, Decius" have been found.
Amery, J. S., 1924, (Presidential Address) The Ashburton of past days: its manners, customs and inhabitants, 46 (Article in Serial). SDV315287.
Frequent discoveries of coins of Claudius, Decius and other emperors have been made at Ashburton.
Brailsford, J. W., 1938, Bronze Age Stone Monuments of Dartmoor, 459 (Article in Serial). SDV304210.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX76NE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347211.
Ordnance Survey card originally records that Worth’s reference is ‘Coin of Claudius and Decius found at Ashburton’. Card states no further information on the site or date of these finds but they are thought to be the same as the hoard found at Furzeleigh.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX76NW25 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV295688.
Roman coin hoard at Furzeleigh (SX 7467).
One of the only two hoards found on Dartmoor; the other was from Belstone.
The Ordnance Survey state that this find (published by Brailsford in Antiquity 12, 1938) was made in fact at Furseley Rocks, Bovey Tracey: SX87NW1.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV123842 | Monograph: Davidson, J. B.. 1861. Notes on the Antiquities of Devonshire which date before the Norman Conquest. Notes on the Antiquities of Devonshire which date before the Norman Conquest. Unknown. 13. |
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| SDV158810 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1891. President's Address. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 23. A5 Hardback. 77. |
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| SDV295688 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX76NW25. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. [Mapped feature: #137558 NOTE: this is a duplicate of MDV8931, ] |
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| SDV304210 | Article in Serial: Brailsford, J. W.. 1938. Bronze Age Stone Monuments of Dartmoor. Antiquity. 12, Issue 48. Digital. 459. |
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| SDV315287 | Article in Serial: Amery, J. S.. 1924. (Presidential Address) The Ashburton of past days: its manners, customs and inhabitants. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 56. Unknown. 46. |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV347211 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951. SX76NE1. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8931 | Related to: FINDSPOT in the Parish of Bovey Tracey (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV7818 - COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FDV3306 - COIN HOARD (I to Unknown - 43 AD)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 23 2022 10:14AM |
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