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HER Number:MDV11636
Name:Neolithic Axe from Melbury Hill, Parkham

Summary

Polished flint axe found on Melbury Hil.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 381 194
Map Sheet:SS31NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBuckland Brewer
Civil ParishEast Putford
Civil ParishParkham
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishPARKHAM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS31NE/23
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS31NE6

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SS31NE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV337986.

Polished flint axe found on Melbury Hill now in Bideford Museum. Length 90mm, width 51mm, 25mm thick.


Pickard, R., 1946, A Neolithic Celt from near Moretonhampstead, 173 (Article in Serial). SDV337985.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337985Article in Serial: Pickard, R.. 1946. A Neolithic Celt from near Moretonhampstead. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 78. A5 Hardback. 173.
SDV337986Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SS31NE6. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV3557 - AXE HEAD (Early Neolithic to Unknown - 4000 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Mar 22 2012 12:00AM

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