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| HER Number: | MDV8715 |
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| Name: | Axes found at Eastcombe Farm |
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Summary
Two greenstone Neolithic axes were found at East Combe Farm by AW Scoble, who kept both. One was found in 1946 and the other just eight yards away in 1953.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 747 846 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78SW34
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445670
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/2
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX78SW34
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
SCOBLE, A.W., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV305260.
Stone axe at eastcombe farm. Vis=-/-/1926(scoble, a. W. ) this partially polished neolithic celt was found in a recently ploughed field. About 75m away was found a second axe, probably reused as a hammer, in 1953. Vis=12/1/1953(os). The second axe is of greenstone.(os)vis=the blade has been produced by grinding on one side only, the other side being flat. The butt and sides are battered; the tool has probably been used as a hammer (os).
Vis=drawings of two axes from coombe/east coombe farm, drawn by v. Dunn, are in parish file.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305263.
Fox, a. /tda/86(1954)274/21st report on the archaeology and early history of devon.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305267.
Des=drawings(1:1)by v. Dunn, received in smr via j. P. Allan in 1989 in parish file.
Pickard, R., 1946, A Neolithic Celt from near Moretonhampstead, 171-175 pl.18-18a (Article in Serial). SDV337985.
Stone, J. F. S. + Wallis, F. S., 1951, Unknown title, 102 (Article in Serial). SDV15561.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX78SW34 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV305261.
Two Neolithic Stone Axes
Stone axe at Eastcombe Farm. 1926 (oral info Scoble, A. W., 16/12/1953) This partially polished Neolithic celt was found in a recently ploughed field. About 75m away was found a second axe, probably reused as a hammer, in 1953.
(12/01/1953) The second axe is of greenstone. The blade has been produced by grinding on one side only, the other side being flat. The butt and sides are battered; the tool has probably been used as a hammer.
Evens, E. D. + Grinsell, L. V. + Piggott, S. + Wallis, F. S., 1962, The petrological identification of stone axes, 209 (Article in Serial). SDV323924.
Evens, E. D. + Smith, I. F. + Wallis, F. S., 1972, The identification of stone implements from south-western England, 235, 265 (Article in Serial). SDV254826.
A brownish-green greenstone, Group 4, from Balstone Down, Callington. Found in field no. 958, Eastcombe Farm, 75m from where another axe, a Cornish greenstone, Group 1, was found in 1945 (length 104mm, width blade base 53mm, butt 41mm, 23mm thick). Described as a shaft hole adze of polished greenstone by Evens, yet some confusion with SX78SE/11 as ref given SX7584 (no 1550).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV15561 | Article in Serial: Stone, J. F. S. + Wallis, F. S.. 1951. Unknown title. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 17. Unknown. 102. |
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| SDV254826 | Article in Serial: Evens, E. D. + Smith, I. F. + Wallis, F. S.. 1972. The identification of stone implements from south-western England. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 38. Unknown. 235, 265. |
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| SDV305260 | Report - Survey: SCOBLE, A.W.. |
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| SDV305261 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX78SW34. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV305263 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV305267 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV323924 | Article in Serial: Evens, E. D. + Grinsell, L. V. + Piggott, S. + Wallis, F. S.. 1962. The petrological identification of stone axes. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 28. Unknown. 209. |
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| SDV337985 | Article in Serial: Pickard, R.. 1946. A Neolithic Celt from near Moretonhampstead. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 78. A5 Hardback. 171-175 pl.18-18a. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV2608 - AXE HEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 18 2021 1:07PM |
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