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Summary

A neolithic greenstone axe was found near buckland abbey, st7567 (sic) and is in exeter city museum, acc no.45/1967 (sic) (nmr, citing pearce).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NW42
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 901295
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/203

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Full description

NMR, CITING CBA/PPS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258789.

(cba gives the exeter museum, acc no.45/1927. As it is first mentioned in pps, it is probably correct. Yelverton is sited at sx5267, to which the axe is sited.(nmr, citing cba/pps).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258790.

Nmr=sx56nw42.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258791.

Pearce, s. M. /devon in prehistory/exeter city museum/58(1978)42.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258792.

Cba res rep/67(1988)148.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258793.

Pps/17(1951)144.

SIC, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3038.

A neolithic greenstone axe was found near buckland abbey, st7567 (sic) and is in exeter city museum, acc no.45/1967 (sic) (nmr, citing pearce).

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 13/09/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

Summary description ?
A Neolithic greenstone axe was found at Yelverton in or before 1927. It is now in Exeter City Museum (accession number 45/1927).u
Full description(s) ?
(SX5267. Neolithic axe sited to Buckland Abbey from Auth 1 and OS 10000 1982)
A Neolithic greenstone axe was found near Buckland Abbey, ST7567 (sic) and is in Exeter City Museum, Acc No. 45/1967 (sic). (1)
The axe is a Group XVII epidiorite or greenstone axe, the source rock being near St Austell, Cornwall. Implement No.208. Found at Yelverton SX486 (sic). (2)
(Auth 2 gives the Exeter Museum, Acc No. 45/1927. As it is first mentioned in Auth 2a, it is probably corect. Yelverton is sited at SX5267, to which the axe is sited. (3)
Sources ?
Ref Title (& comments) Year SoR Pages Volume Notes
(1) VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Pearce SM 1978. Devon in Prehistory. Exter City Museum 42 (No.58)
(2) Stone axe studies, volume 2. The petrology of prehistoric stone implements from the British Isles 1988 edited by T H McK Clough, W A Cummins 148 67
(3) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments Fitzgerald RJ 17-SEP-1992 RCHME Recording
(2a) Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society(Continuation of: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia). Indexes: 1-30; 31-40; 41-50 (in vol.55); 56-60

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV4272 - AXE HEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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