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| HER Number: | MDV4158 |
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| Name: | Stone axes from field on Blackdown |
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Summary
Two stone axes were found in 1966 in a load of topsoil delivered from a field on Blackdown (SX504796), to the garden of a new bungalow.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 504 796 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW56
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439887
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/47
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
Barber, J., 1967, Twenty Ninth Report on Archaeology and Early History, 314-15 (Article in Serial). SDV280587.
Two stone axes were found in 1966 in a load of topsoil delivered from a field on Blackdown (SX504796), to the garden of a new bungalow.
No. 1 is elongated, measures 9.3 inches long, 3 inches wide across the blade and 1.5 inches thick, it has a splayed cutting edge and relatively flat section. It was fashioned from metamorphic rock.
No.2 has been macroscopically identified as a dolerite, Neolithic in date. Mesaures 7.5 inches long, 2.75 inches wide and 1.7 inches thick.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV280587 | Article in Serial: Barber, J.. 1967. Twenty Ninth Report on Archaeology and Early History. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 99. Unknown. 314-15. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV3162 - AXE HEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 3 2021 9:39AM |
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