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HER Number:MDV22792
Name:Prehistoric Axe from Clenemeads

Summary

Prehistoric hand axe found at Clenemeads to the south if Ivybridge

Location

Grid Reference:SX 629 541
Map Sheet:SX65SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishErmington
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishERMINGTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 441346
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SW/30
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX65SW14

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))

Full description

Fox, A., 1961, Twenty-Fifth Report on the Archaeology and Early History of Devon, 63 (Article in Serial). SDV341693.


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX65SW14 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV340927.

A Palaeolithic handaxe of vesicular spilite from Clenemeads to the south of Ivybridge is in the collection of the Petrological Department of the Geological Survey and Museum.


Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary, Map 10 (Report - Survey). SDV340217.


Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text, 10 (Report - Assessment). SDV340215.

Other details: Site 157.


Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps (Report - Assessment). SDV340216.

Other details: Map 10 Site 157.


Hosfield, R. + Brown, T. + Basell, L. + Hounsell, S. + Young, R., 2006, The Palaeolithic Rivers of South-West Britain: Final Report (Phases I & II), 45 (Report - non-specific). SDV341644.

Palaeolithic handaxe of vesicular spilite.


National Monuments Record, 2009, Monument Number 441346 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV341752.

Palaeolithic handaxe found at Clenemeads, south of Ivybridge.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV340215Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology. 2001. Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 01084. A4 Stapled + Digital. 10.
SDV340216Report - Assessment: Cotswold Archaeology. 2001. Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 01084. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV340217Report - Survey: Cotswold Archaeology. 2001. Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 1224. A4 Stapled + Digital. Map 10.
SDV340927Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX65SW14. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV341644Report - non-specific: Hosfield, R. + Brown, T. + Basell, L. + Hounsell, S. + Young, R.. 2006. The Palaeolithic Rivers of South-West Britain: Final Report (Phases I & II). English Heritage Report. PNUM 3847. A4 Stapled + Digital. 45.
SDV341693Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1961. Twenty-Fifth Report on the Archaeology and Early History of Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 93. A5 Hardback. 63.
SDV341752National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2009. Monument Number 441346. National Monuments Record. Website.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV2234 - HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Unknown - 698000 BC)
  • FDV1255 - HANDAXE (Middle Palaeolithic to Mesolithic - 99999 BC to 8000 BC)

Associated Events

  • EDV4375 - Fishacre to Lyneham Pipeline Assessment
  • EDV4391 - Fishacre to Lyneham Fieldwalking Survey

Date Last Edited:Mar 22 2012 12:00AM