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| HER Number: | MDV8746 |
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| Name: | Bronze palstaves found at Week, North Bovey |
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Summary
Two looped palstaves were found at Week buried beneath a very old hedge. Now in Exeter Museum.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 727 846 |
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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: SX78SW30
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445662
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/24
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX78SW30
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1953, SX78SW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV304004.
(06/05/1953) Two Middle Bronze Age palstaves of the stopridge and loop type were found at Week buried beneath a very old hedge SX 7276 8466. Now in Exeter Museum by whom one was purchased in 1906. No information with reference to the find site or the date of finding.
Pearce, S. M., 1979, The Distribution and Production of Bronze Age Metalwork, 141, No 24 (Article in Serial). SDV322230.
The palstaves are in Exeter City Museum, Acc No. 354-5/1906. Find located at SX72768466.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV304004 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1953. SX78SW30. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV322230 | Article in Serial: Pearce, S. M.. 1979. The Distribution and Production of Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 37. 141, No 24. [Mapped feature: #130722 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV112271 | Related to: Week Farmstead, North Bovey (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV2610 - PALSTAVE (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 15 2021 3:37PM |
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