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Summary

Two prehistoric axes found in the River Lemon at Bradley Vale. One is of greenstone the other of volcanic stone of a type similar to that found in the Newton Abbot area.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SW/156

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX87SW24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV344991.

Pengelly, W., 1875, Memoranda: Part 1., 200-1 (Article in Serial). SDV310106.

A greenstone axe was found in the River Lemon, Bradley Vale in 1875. 8.6 inches by 2.6 inches by 0.8 inches thick at its narrow dend. One end is square with the angles rounded off and the other curved. Another axe was found in the same spot that same year, 3.8 inches by 1.8 inches by 0.5 inches. This is almost a parallelogram in shape, rounded at one end and nearly square at the other, being bevelled off to a chisel-edge. The stone is probably of volcanic ash with a schistose structure common to the Newton Abbot area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV3916 - AXE HEAD (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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