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| HER Number: | MDV1601 |
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| Name: | Two Neolithic Polished Axes Found in Ford Street, Tavistock |
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Summary
Two Neolithic polished stone axes were found in a garden in Ford Street in 1943. One is in Plymouth Museum, the other was apparently mislaid.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 476 740 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tavistock |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 437969
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SE/11/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1946, Fifty-first Report of Scientific Memoranda: Archaeology, 90 (Article in Serial). SDV350164.
Worth, R. H., 1947, Prehistoric Tavistock, 125-6; figure 3 (Article in Serial). SDV341113.
Two polished stone axes, found in a garden in Ford Street, Tavistock in 1943. One was mislaid, the surviving axe is in perfect condition; 22.6 centimetres long, 8.4 centimetres wide at its cutting edge, and 4.1 centimetres thick maximum; weight 1.155 kilograms. Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX47SE6 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV350167.
Polished stone axe. Stone axe found in a garden at Ford Street, Tavistock. It was one of two discovered at a depth of 5ft below the surface when an apple tree was dug up. The other, smaller axe was lost. The surviving axe is in perfect condition and apparently unused. Believed to be made from a fine grained mica schist.
Overall length is 8.2 inches. Weight 2lbs 8.75oz.
Fox, A., 1963, Twenty-Seventh Report On Archaeology and Early History, 78 (Article in Serial). SDV124457.
A ground and polished stone axe found in Ford Street was submitted to the Implement Petrology Survey of the South-west, and was found to be made of a metamorphosed sediment which cannot be assigned to any of the known groups of Neolithic igneous stone industries. (Reported by J. Barber, Plymouth Museum)
Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 173 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.
National Monuments Record, 2012, 437969, SX47SE6 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV350125.
Two Neolithic polished stone axes were found in a garden in Ford Street, Tavistock in 1943. One is in Plymouth Museum, the other was apparently mislaid.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV124457 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1963. Twenty-Seventh Report On Archaeology and Early History. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 95. A5 Paperback. 78. |
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| SDV341113 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1947. Prehistoric Tavistock. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 79. A5 Hardback. 125-6; figure 3. |
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| SDV341346 | Report - Survey: Timms, S. C.. 1976. The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. 173. |
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| SDV350125 | National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2012. 437969. National Monuments Record Database. Website. SX47SE6. |
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| SDV350164 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1946. Fifty-first Report of Scientific Memoranda: Archaeology. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 78. A5 Hardback. 90. |
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| SDV350167 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX47SE6. OSAD Card. Card Index + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV3062 - AXE HEAD (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 2 2018 1:43PM |
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