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| HER Number: | MDV14973 |
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| Name: | Adze, Woodbury Common |
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Summary
Prehistoric stone adze axe found on Woodbury Common.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 030 860 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY08NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Woodbury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOODBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08NW/49
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SY08NE10, 10 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV126166.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SY08NW12, 12/Illustration (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV126167.
Unknown, Untitled Source (Un-published). SDV126161.
Adze axe from Woodbury Common, well marked shoulder, the blade and part of the faces are ground and polished, but sides and butt retain the marks of the hammer which shaped the axe, of dark, fine grained sandstone, composed of angular quartz fragments. Source unknown. Other details: Notes.
NMR, Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV126162.
Made of greywacke, with a Cornish rock-source assignable to axe group 19. Now in Exeter Museum (citing Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society article).
Fox, A., 1949, Untitled Source, 86 (Article in Serial). SDV126164.
Fox, A., 1950, Untitled Source, 104 (Article in Serial). SDV126165.
Evens, E. D. + Grinsell, L. V. + Piggott, S. + Wallis, F. S., 1962, Fourth Report of the Sub-Committee of the South-Western Group of Museums and Art Galleries on the Petrological Identification of Stone Axes, 209, No. 542 (Article in Serial). SDV323924.
A stone adze from Woodbury Common. Section number 542.
Unknown, 1962, Untitled Source, 227, 253 (Article in Serial). SDV126168.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, 69, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 562 (Report - Survey). SDV101648.
A stone adze was found on Woodbury Common. This may be the same find as SMR 08NW/47 (site 561). The tool is described as being made of dark
fine-grained sandstone (Greywacke).
Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 562 (Archive - Survey). SDV358490.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003, East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey, Site No. 562 (Report - Survey). SDV359019.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 2675 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.
Adze.
See description in East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey 69, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 562 - SDV101648.
Richards, A., 2005, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV323925.
Originally there were two HER entries for a Prehistoric stone adze found on Woodbury Common. One was at NGR SY04--87-- & the other at SY03--86--on either side of Woodbury Common. It was suggested that the two entries referred to the same object & a more central NGR on Woodbury Common has been allocated for a single artefact.
Unknown, Undated, Untitled Source (Un-published). SDV358424.
Enthographic.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV101648 | Report - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003. East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey. Exeter Archaeology Report. 03.26. A4 Unbound + Digital. 69, Part 2: Gazetteer, Site No. 562. [Mapped feature: #6232 ] |
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| SDV126161 | Un-published: Unknown. |
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| SDV126162 | National Monuments Record Database: NMR. |
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| SDV126164 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1949. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 81. 86. |
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| SDV126165 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1950. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 82. 104. |
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| SDV126166 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SY08NE10. SY08NE. 10. |
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| SDV126167 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SY08NW12. 12/Illustration. |
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| SDV126168 | Article in Serial: Unknown. 1962. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 28. 227, 253. |
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| SDV323924 | Article in Serial: Evens, E. D. + Grinsell, L. V. + Piggott, S. + Wallis, F. S.. 1962. Fourth Report of the Sub-Committee of the South-Western Group of Museums and Art Galleries on the Petrological Identification of Stone Axes. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 28. Unknown. 209, No. 542. |
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| SDV323925 | Personal Comment: Richards, A.. 2005. |
| SDV351568 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 2675. |
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| SDV358424 | Un-published: Unknown. Undated. Exeter Museums Catalogue Form. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV358490 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003. East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey. East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey. Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 562. |
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| SDV359019 | Report - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003. East Devon Heathlands Archaeological Survey. Exeter Archaeology Report. 03.26. Site No. 562. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV3729 - ADZE (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 29 2022 10:28AM |
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