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| HER Number: | MDV124227 |
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| Name: | Field South of Hopes Farm, Torquay |
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Summary
A flint axe, described as a small perfect specimen was found in 1885 in a field adjacent to the then Hope Farm House. The find spot lies amongst the plots between the modern roads of Bishop's Close and Bishop's Rise.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 941 638 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96SW |
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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.
A flint axe of sheared greenstome, described as a small perfect specimen was found in 1885 by S H Slade in a field adjacent to Hope Farm House on the south side of the road leading to Hope's Nose. [1] The farm and the house have been built over; the find spot lies amongst the plots between the modern roads of Bishop's Close and Bishop's Rise.
The axe is no. 1295 in Evens, Smith & Wallis. [2]
<1> Somervail, A., 1887, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.57 (Article in Serial). SDV361996.
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<2> Evens, E.D. & Smith, I.D. & Wallis, F.S., 1972, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, p.269 (Article in Serial). SDV362487.
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Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV361996 | Article in Serial: Somervail, A.. 1887. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 19. p.57. |
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| SDV362487 | Article in Serial: Evens, E.D. & Smith, I.D. & Wallis, F.S.. 1972. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. . 38. p.269. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV9766 | Related to: FINDSPOT in the Parish of (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV7034 - AXE (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to LANEBA - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV7756 - Site Visit by OS field worker - 13 November 1952
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 7:12PM |
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