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HER Number:MDV11062
Name:Elephant's Tooth from the Sea south of Windgate

Summary

Fossil elephant's tooth found in the sea to the south of Windgate

Location

Grid Reference:SY 106 863
Map Sheet:SY18NW
Admin AreaDevon

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 448994
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NW/56

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

OS CITING HUTCHINSON, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV115559.

Fossil elephant's tooth. Vis=27/2/1869(hutchinson). Found on sea bottom at low water mark at spring tide opposite windgate; sent to exeter museum.(os citing hutchinson).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115560.

Hutchinson, p. O. /tda/3(1869)143/illustration.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115561.

Osa=sy18nw25.


Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 1792 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Fossil Elephant's tooth found at low water mark.
SMR.


Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV115559Report - Survey: OS CITING HUTCHINSON.
SDV115560Migrated Record:
SDV115561Migrated 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. Site No. 1792.
SDV357736Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV2153 - BONE NON SPECIFIC (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 14 2016 5:07PM