MSO7888 - Prehistoric finds at Ash Farm (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Material including an unusual macehead, a stone disc and a number of flint implements was found on Ash Farm, Exmoor. The macehead and some flint implements are undoubtedly Mesolithic and a number of other flints, Bronze Age. All are to be handed over to Taunton Museum. A photograph of the macehead is annotated "Found at Weirwater" - SS 828 462. [1] A small collection of flint flakes, scrapers, barbed and tanged and leaf-shaped arrowheads were found over a wide area of this moorland farm, Ash Farm. A Devonian Grit macehead with hour-glass perforation was presented to Taunton Museum by EM Priscott in June 1962. It was found at SS 8279 4624 while ploughing in June 1962. [2] A Devonian Grit disc, circa 10.5 centimetres by 3.0 centimetres was found near Ash Farm. It was given to Taunton Museum by Priscott in 1962-3. [3] The Devonian Grit macehead was found on the edge of Weir Wood. It was given to Taunton Museum by E.M. Priscott in 1962. [4] Mesolithic perforated macehead from an estimated siting of SS 833 452 on Porlock Common, in Taunton Museum. [6] Most sources suggest that the macehead was found at Weir Wood, so the grid reference presented in source [6] is likely to be incorrect. [7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8,9,10]
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SEM7386 Unpublished document: Wedlake, A.L.. 1962. Letter and Photograph of Finds from Ash Farm, Porlock.
- <2>XY SMO5308 Verbal communication: Various. Various. Oral Information. EM Priscott. [Mapped feature: #40515 ]
- <3> SMO5110 Externally held archive reference: Externally held archive. Classified Index, Taunton Museum..
- <4> SMO7316 Unpublished document: PALMER, JP. Mid 1960s. Field Investigators Comments. Ordnance Survey visit, F1, 15 July 1965.
- <5> SMO4109 Serial: Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 1851-. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. Volume 107 (1963), 28.
- <6> SMO5219 Monograph: Wymer, J.J. + Bonsall, C.J. (Editors). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. Council for British Archaeology. CBA Research Report No 20. P.248.
- <7> SEM8630 Verbal communication: Various. 1993-. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Team staff comments. F Glover, 4 February 2010.
- <8> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 35890, Extant 22 February 2022.
- <9> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 35914, Extant 22 February 2022.
- <10> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 35926, Extant 22 February 2022.
External Links (3)
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=35890 (Original Monarch entry: 35890 (General))
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=35914 (Original Monarch entry: 35914 (Macehead 1))
- http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=35926 (Original Monarch entry: 35926 (Macehead 2))
Other Statuses/References
- Exmoor National Park Authority HER number: MEM22408
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 NW13
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 NW19
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 84 NW5
- National Park
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 35890
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 35914
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 35926
- Somerset SMR PRN (Somerset): 33930
- Somerset SMR PRN: 34573
Location
Grid reference | SS 827 462 (point) Estimated from sources |
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Map sheet | SS84NW |
Civil Parish | PORLOCK, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
Finds (8)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- DISC (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC? to 701 BC?)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 701 BC)
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MACE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Feb 22 2022 11:16AM
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