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| HER Number: | MDV107376 |
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| Name: | Midden at Westward Ho! |
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Summary
A kitchen midden overlaying estuarine clay is located at Westward Ho!.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 436 293 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Northam |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
- MIDDEN (Mesolithic - 8000 BC to 4001 BC (Between))
Full description
English Heritage, 2013, Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database: Devon, Record ID 306, ID 222, Laboratory code Q-672. (Website). SDV350876.
Record ID 306. Year; 1965. Deposit location; 51deg 2'30'' N Lat, 4deg 13' 50'' W Long [SS 43646 29350 converted]. Deposit description; Kitchen midden overlying estuarine clay. All overlain by oak fen-wood peat one foot thick. In places, thin clay layer overlies midden deposit. Associated artefacts; Midden base is -8 ft OD [-2.44 m OD], containing Mesolithic flints (Sauveterrian) and intertidal mollusca. Depth of deposit; Peat at -0.7 ft [0.21 m] OD. Peat layer found to contain Suaeda maritima and Atriplex patula seeds i.e. saltmarsh (Reid, 1913). Also, Churchill, in Godwin and Willis (1964).
ID 222, Laboratory code Q-672. Depth of sample; -2.1 m OD. Dated sample description; Top 3'' [7.62 cm] of the 8'' [20.32 cm]-thick peat band. Uncalibrated date; 6585 ± 130 BP, calibrated date 4635 ± 130 BC. Godwin and Willis (1964) (pg 126).
Heathcote, J. + Campbell, G., 2013, NHPP 3A5 Identification of Wetland/Waterlogged Sites. 6240 Exceptional Waterlogged Heritage. Stage 1: Inventory, 25 (Report - non-specific). SDV357296.
No other similar sites in SW and a nationally important site. Mesolithic and later –including footprints. Former wet woodland and fen, now in the intertidal zone, Midden with flint artefacts, animal bone, plant environmental proxies.
Grant, M. J. + Sturt, F. + Dix, J., 2015, Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase One Desk-Based Assessment for South-West England: North Coast of Devon (excluding Exmoor) and North Coast of Cornwall: Project Design, Case Study (Un-published). SDV358399.
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 306, ID 222, Laboratory code Q-672.. [Mapped feature: #2131 ] |
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| SDV357296 | Report - non-specific: Heathcote, J. + Campbell, G.. 2013. NHPP 3A5 Identification of Wetland/Waterlogged Sites. 6240 Exceptional Waterlogged Heritage. Stage 1: Inventory. English Heritage. N/A. Digital. 25. |
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| SDV358399 | Un-published: Grant, M. J. + Sturt, F. + Dix, J.. 2015. Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase One Desk-Based Assessment for South-West England: North Coast of Devon (excluding Exmoor) and North Coast of Cornwall: Project Design. University of Southampton. Digital. Case Study. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 28 2015 8:46AM |
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