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HER Number:MDV57365
Name:Bronze Age Perforated Axe Found at Okehampton

Summary

An early Bronze Age perforated axe was found at Okehampton, exact location unknown. Now in the Royal Alber Memorial Museum, Exeter.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 59 95
Map Sheet:SX59NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishOkehampton
Civil ParishOkehampton Hamlets
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOKEHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 901382
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59NE/108
  • Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: 27/1974

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC (Between))

Full description

Pearce, S. M., 1978, Devon in Prehistory, 60 (Monograph). SDV273286.

38. Perforated axe, Okehampton area. SX5995. 27/1974.


National Monuments Record, 2012, 901382 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV349594.

Early Bronze Age axe, Okehampton.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV273286Monograph: Pearce, S. M.. 1978. Devon in Prehistory. Devon in Prehistory. Paperback Volume. 60.
SDV349594National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2012. 901382. National Monuments Record Database. Website.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV4292 - AXE HEAD (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 12 2019 11:34AM