Potsherd, Trentishoe Down

Record ID:  100148 / MNA107798
Record type:  Find Spot
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  West Exmoor Coast; South West
Civil Parish:  Trentishoe; North Devon; Devon
Grid Reference:  SS 629 477
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Summary

The sherd was found apparently after ploughing and has been dated to late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, circa 100 B.C

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Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Description

The sherd was found apparently after ploughing and has been dated to late Bronze Age or early Iron Age, circa 100 B.C
It is made of coarse, dark clay about a centimetre thick and it has remains of an abraded low cordon in applied clay and decorated with diagonal nicks made with a finger nail.

References

  • SZR49040 - National Trust Report: Caroline Thackray. 1984. NT Archaeological Survey, Heddon Estate, Devon.

  • SZR49042 - Monograph: A Fox. 1955. Archaeology and Early History.. TDA 87.

  • SZR49043 - Monograph: LV Grinsell. 1970. Archaeology of Exmoor.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • HER/SMR Reference (External): SS64NW/004
  • Heritage Coast
  • National Park
  • Site of Special Scientific Interest

Associated Events

  • ENA490 - Field Survey, NT Archaeological Survey, Heddon Estate, Devon

Associated Finds

  • FZR22 - POT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Related Records

None Recorded