<< Text Pages >> Mount Batten - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Mount BattenCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.155 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Plymouth
Map Ref: SX4876053196
Latitude: 50.359190N Longitude: 4.127577W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Site in Devon with evidence of Later Bronze Age to Iron Age trade.
An extensive midden deposit of later Bronze Age to Iron Age date, Roman occupation deposits, and burials of the 17th century, located close to the shore of Clovelly Bay on the eastern side of the limestone promontory of Mount Batten which projects into the upper eastern reaches of Plymouth Sound and the Cattewater. The Mount Batten headland has been identified by Professor Barry Cunliffe as a major port and commercial trading centre during the late prehistoric period which survived as a coastal port into Roman times.
Excavation has demonstrated that Mount Batten is one of only a small number of major prehistoric ports of trade known from Britain, the only comparable site known on the south coast being Hengistbury Head in Hampshire. The high quality of occupation evidence, including fine wares, and bronzes (some of which were produced locally but copying Mediterranean styles) suggests continental trade and influence during the Late Bronze Age. Later, in the Late Iron Age, the presence of Armorican and British coins suggests Iron Age contact between the local tribal group and the south English tribal groups of the Durotriges and the Dobunni and through them to the peoples of Armorica.
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