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HER Number:MDV57366
Name:Bronze Age Perforated Axe Found Near Okehampton

Summary

An early Bronze Age perforated axe was found near Okehampton, exact location unknown. Now in the Royal Alber Memorial Museum, Exeter.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 59 95
Map Sheet:SX59NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishOkehampton
Civil ParishOkehampton Hamlets
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOKEHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 901386
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59NE/109
  • Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: 117/1925

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Pearce, S. M., 1978, Devon in Prehistory, 60 (Monograph). SDV273286.

28. Perforated axe, Okehampton. SX5995. 117/1925.


National Monuments Record, 2012, 901386 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV349599.

Early Bronze Age axe, near Okehampton.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV273286Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1978. Devon in Prehistory. Devon in Prehistory. Paperback Volume. 60.
SDV349599National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2012. 901386. National Monuments Record Database. Website.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV4293 - AXE HEAD (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 12 2019 11:35AM