I recently had a discussion about Broadsands in association with the Coldrum tombs in Kent. Both these tombs have the earliest c14 dates for the whole country for chambered tombs. So possible Broadsands is the very earliestas it's dates precede Coldrum by a few hundred years. Whittle et al 2011. And so according to Chris Scarre, Broadsands reflects a possible continuity of this building tradition from the continent. The complete reassessment was written by Sheridan et al 2008 Revisiting a small passage tomb at Broadsands Devon. Proceedings of Devon Archaeological Society 1-66. Really fascinating article which includes strontium isotope analysis of teeth which gives us information on a terrestrial diet, C14 dates from humans and pig bone, with a revision of the Raleigh RDfords 1958 excavation and a discussion of late Mesolithic cave burials in the region. .
Some early Neolithic pottery was also found which has been designated as a Southwest new fabric. Large angular hand crushed vein Quartz tempered pottery. This is found throughout the region on approximately 55% of early Neolithic sites.
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/14506/1/14506.pdf I managed to visit the tomb in 2014 and wasn't closed to the public.
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