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HER Number: | MDV107431 |
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Name: | Peat Deposit, Westward Ho! |
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Summary
A peat deposit located at Westward Ho!.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 431 295 |
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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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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ORGANIC DEPOSIT (Unknown date) + Sci.Date
Full description
English Heritage, 2013, Intertidal and Coastal Peat Database: Devon (Website). SDV350876.
Record ID 321. Year; 1972. Deposit location; SS 4319 2958. Deposit description; expanse of grey to brown silty and sandy peat (36x20m) revealed during a storm. Between 0.45-0.61m thick. On pebble bed at least 0.3m thick. Depth of deposit; peat base was 2.74 m below high water mark. Williams’ submitted radiocarbon ages.
ID 228. Depth of sample; 2m below high water mark. Dated sample description; wood from roots in situ in peat bed 0.6m thick. Uncalibrated date 4995 ± 105 years BP. wood fragments from peat bed exposed by exceptional storms in March 1970 on beach. Part of submerged forest drowned by Flandrian transgression.
ID 229. Sample location; SS 4319 2958. Dated sample description; peat. Uncalibrated date; 3075 ± 100 years BP. Probably contaminated.
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.
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. [Mapped feature: #2140 ] |
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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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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2022 10:16AM |
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