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| HER Number: | MDV3301 |
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| Name: | Axe found in Bagga Brook |
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Summary
Asymmetrical, roughly axe shaped, worked greenstone. Found in Bagga Brook north-east of Wapsworthy. Possibly Neolithic.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 562 814 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE20
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440636
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/7
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC (Between) to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX58SE20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV230984.
Another axe found nearby: see sx58se/50.
Pearce, S. M., 1974, Prehistoric Implements from Devon, 167 fig.3. (Article in Serial). SDV230983.
Probable greenstone axe (figure 3, 3) Found in the Bagga Brook north-east of Wapsworthy, Lydford SX562814. Measures 124 millimetres long, 43 millimetres wide at widest point. The piece is of rough axe shape and has certainly been worked, but is of oddly asymmetrical form and was possibly damaged during manufacture. When discovered, a large section of the butt end was missing. Sectioning by the Implement Petrological Survey (Devon 133, serial number 1601) showed it to be of a typical greenstone, but not one belonging to a known group.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV230983 | Article in Serial: Pearce, S. M.. 1974. Prehistoric Implements from Devon. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 32. Digital. 167 fig.3.. [Mapped feature: #18997 ] |
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| SDV230984 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX58SE20. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV21298 | Related to: Stone axe found on bank of Baggator Brook (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV3130 - AXE HEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
- EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 8 2021 1:03PM |
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