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HER Number:MDV7159
Name:Bronze Age Macehead

Summary

A Bronze Age cushion macehead of fine siliceous banded silt was found in a cottage garden on the Axminster Road in 1935.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 17 00
Map Sheet:ST10SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHoniton
Civil ParishOffwell
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishHONITON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10SE/19

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV125805.

Osa=st10se12.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV125806.

Harris, g. T. /tda/68(1936)137-138.


FOX, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV4034.

Cushion macehead of fine siliceous banded silt. Type characteristic of early middle bronze age. Found, 1935, in a cottage garden on the axminster road. Classified as bronze age of cushion type (fox).


Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 125 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV125805Migrated Record:
SDV125806Migrated Record:
SDV341346Report - Survey: Timms, S. C.. 1976. The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. 125.
SDV4034Migrated Record: FOX.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV3271 - MACE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 11 2014 9:38AM