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| HER Number: | MDV124090 |
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| Name: | Mapleholme, Priory Road, St Maryhurch, Torquay |
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Summary
A polished neolithic tufa adze was revealed when removing an old ash in the garden of Mapleholme, Priory Road, St Marychurch,
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 918 657 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96NW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Types: none recorded
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Fox, A., 1961, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.64-5; fig 3 (Article in Serial). SDV362608.
A polished adze of tuff was revealed when an old ash tree was removed from the garden of Mapleholme in Priory Road, St Marychurch, Torquay. The rock cannot be localised; but it is a common neolithic tool. cf report in Proceedings of West Cornwall Field Club 1 (1953-4)90.
The blade is sharp but chipped at the corners, the butt is heavily worn and pocked; it appears to have been re-used as a pounder. The 'SW stone axe com' report no.1127 states that the dark brown tuff is composed of quartz, decomposed felspar, basalt or andesite, epidate, green horn-blende and turbid brown, nearly isotropic, glass - it cannot be localised..
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362608 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1961. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 93. p.64-5; fig 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV9538 | Related to: FINDSPOT in the Parish of (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV7084 - ADZE (Early Neolithic to LANEBA - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV7870 - Chance Find - pre-1961
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 7:03PM |
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