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HER Number:MDV52745
Name:Iron age spindle whorl found near Okehampton

Summary

An Iron Age spindle whorl was found near Okehampton and donated to Exeter City Museum.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 59 91
Map Sheet:SX59SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishOkehampton Hamlets
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOKEHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX59SE25
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 619157
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/86

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV264748.

Des=rchm/23/10/1993)/as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV264749.

Nmr=sx59se25.

Pearce, S. M., 1978, Devon in Prehistory, 13, 94 (Monograph). SDV273286.

An Iron Age spindle-whorl found near Okehampton at SX 5991 now in Exeter City Museum, Catalogue No 40/1958.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV264748Migrated Record:
SDV264749Migrated Record:
SDV273286Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1978. Devon in Prehistory. Devon in Prehistory. Paperback Volume. 13, 94.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV2761 - SPINDLE WHORL (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events

  • EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
  • EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
  • EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
  • EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

Date Last Edited:Nov 30 2021 9:02AM