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| HER Number: | MDV5939 |
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| Name: | Axe hanner found near Parson's Cottage |
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Summary
The axe hammer was found under a granite slab near parson's cottage. This is a type sometimes associated with necked a beakers and should date about 1800 - 1600b. C. There is other evidence of beaker occupation in the east dart valley from archerton and watern down and also at fernworthy (reference unknown).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 615 755 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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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: SX67NW74
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442727
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/68
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 1800 BC to 1600 BC)
Full description
REFERENCE UNKNOWN, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV249704.
The axe hammer was found under a granite slab near parson's cottage. This is a type sometimes associated with necked a beakers and should date about 1800 - 1600b. C. There is other evidence of beaker occupation in the east dart valley from archerton and watern down and also at fernworthy (reference unknown).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV249706.
Nmr=sx67nw74.
Amery, P. F. S., 1905, 24th Report of the Scientific Memoranda Committee, 81-82 (Article in Serial). SDV164510.
A stone axe hammer was found... "10 yards from the north side of the main road... where it passes..... Parson's Cottage" (SX 615755) 18" below the surface under a flat slab of granite. It is 7 1/2" long, 2 3/8" wide and 1 7/8" thick. Now in the Plymouth Museum.
Fox, A., 1963, Twenty-Seventh Report On Archaeology and Early History, 75-76 (Article in Serial). SDV124457.
A type of axe-hammer sometimes associated with necked A beakers and should date circa 1800-1600 BC.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV124457 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1963. Twenty-Seventh Report On Archaeology and Early History. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 95. A5 Paperback. 75-76. |
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| SDV164510 | Article in Serial: Amery, P. F. S.. 1905. 24th Report of the Scientific Memoranda Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 37. Digital. 81-82. |
| SDV249704 | Migrated Record: REFERENCE UNKNOWN. |
| SDV249706 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV12757 | Related to: Macehead found near the Devonport Leat (Find Spot) |
Associated Finds
- FDV3237 - AXE HAMMER (Early Bronze Age - 1800 BC to 1600 BC)
Associated Events
- EDV8640 - Spaders and Muddilake and Smith Hill Newtakes, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 11 2022 2:46PM |
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