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| HER Number: | MDV8466 |
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| Name: | Bronze axehead found in Drewsteignton |
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Summary
Flat unflanged, undecorated axehead found in drewsteignton and presented to exeter museum 1879. Vis=8/4/1953(os) no further information - a stop-ridge type. A bronze 'cake' also found at drewsteignton(os)vis=flat axe, wide, square butt, hammer marks on sides and blade edge. Length 170mm blade width 96mm, butt width 40mm, thickness 7mm (pearce).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 735 908 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX79SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Drewsteignton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DREWSTEIGNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX79SW4
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445777
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX79SW/26
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX79SW4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX79SW4 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV223100.
Flat unflanged, undecorated axehead found in Drewsteignton and presented to Exeter Museum 1879.
(08/04/1953) No further information was obtained during field investigation - a stop-ridge type. A bronze 'cake' also found at Drewsteignton.
Pearce, S. M., 1978, A 4308, Exeter musuem: A4308 (Museum Collection). SDV223103.
No precise location is known for this axe. It was presented to Exeter Museum, No A 4308, by Rev J. Ellacombe in 1879 (citing letter Miss S. M. Pearce, curator, Royal Albert Museum, 07.03.1978).
Pearce, S. M., 1979, The Distribution and Production of Bronze Age Metalwork, 141 fig 1 (Article in Serial). SDV322230.
Flat axe, wide, square butt, hammer marks on sides and blade edge. Length 170mm, blade width 96mm, butt width 40mm, thickness 7mm.
Pearce, S. M., 1983, The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain, 440 (Monograph). SDV341822.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV223100 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX79SW4. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV223103 | Museum Collection: Pearce, S. M.. 1978. A 4308. A4308. A4308. Not Applicable. Exeter musuem: A4308. |
| SDV322230 | Article in Serial: Pearce, S. M.. 1979. The Distribution and Production of Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 37. 141 fig 1. |
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| SDV341822 | Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1983. The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain. British Archaeological Reports. 120. Photocopy. 440. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV33487 | Related to: The Old Inn, Drewsteignton (Building) |
Associated Finds
- FDV3343 - AXE HEAD (LANEBA to Unknown - 2200 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 11 2021 9:53AM |
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