1947.2.12B

Collection type

Object

Description

Drawing of a stone tool from two sides. [El.B 26/11/2008]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Devon Axminster Hawkchurch Broom

Person

Maker C.O. Waterhouse

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source C.O. Waterhouse

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1947 Archaeological period: Palaeolithic

Date collected

By 1947

Acquisition information

Purchased: 1947

Materials and processes

Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Drawn

Dimensions

Length: max 200 mm, Width: max 201 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1947.2.12B

Research and responses

http://www.shes.rdg.ac.uk/SHESresearch/Archaeology/Prehistoric/Broom/background.htm

The Broom gravel pits are located within the valley of the River Axe, on the border between Devon and Dorset ... There has been a long tradition of archaeological and geological research in this region. John Evans made the earliest references to Palaeolithic materials along the Axe Valley in 1872 (the first edition of Ancient Stone Implements), when he referred to four palaeoliths found by workmen erecting telegraph posts between Axminster and Chard (Evans 1872: 559). In 1878 subsequent discoveries were made in the Hawkchurch Railway Ballast pit (at Broom) by W. S. M. D'Urban (curator of the Exeter Museum). Gravel had been removed to a depth of 12m, only 3m above the current river level, while at other pit the depth of the gravel was recorded as being lower than the river level. D'Urban observed the variety of artefact states present in the assemblage, with materials occurring in both sharp and waterworn states. Gravels were subsequently exploited at Kilmington, Chard Junction, and in new pits in the Broom area (to the north and south of Holditch Lane), which were worked in the 1930's and 1940's.The trade in palaeoliths during the late 19th and early 20th centuries is well known (Roe 1981), and Broom was no exception. ... [AP 03/08/2006]

Palaeolithic implements found at Axminster in the Broom or Kilmington pits are listed on the English Heritage maintained National Monuments Record under monument no. 1067395. This record can be accessed online as http://pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1067395 [CB 30/10/2009]

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