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| HER Number: | MDV447 |
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| Name: | Elizabethan Coin from New Street, Great Torrington |
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Summary
Three-halfpenny piece dated 1567, found in a field in New Street in 1933.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 49 19 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS41NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Great Torrington |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GREAT TORRINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS41NE/21
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (XVI - 1567 AD to 1567 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SS41NE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV19190.
Doe, G. M., 1933, 39th Report on Scientific Memoranda, 174 (Article in Serial). SDV19188.
A silver three-halfpenny piece (first issue) of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, dated 1567, sold to G. M. Doe by a labourer who found it in April 1933 in a field in New Street, Great Torrington, in a bad state of preservation.
Bristol and Region Archaeological Services, 2006, Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of Land at Rolle Road Industrial Estate, Great Torrington, 8 (Report - Assessment). SDV339538.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV19188 | Article in Serial: Doe, G. M.. 1933. 39th Report on Scientific Memoranda. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 65. Unknown. 174. |
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| SDV19190 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SS41NE28. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV339538 | Report - Assessment: Bristol and Region Archaeological Services. 2006. Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of Land at Rolle Road Industrial Estate, Great Torrington. Bristol and Region Archaeological Services Report. 1637/2006. A4 Stapled + Digital. 8. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4315 - Archaeological Assessment of Land at Rolle Road Industrial Estate
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 6 2011 11:30AM |
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