Young archaeologist Phoebe Holland, 21, from Ivybridge, has received a £100 award from Fairlynch Museum and Exeter University for her work uncovering Devon’s past. Her research revealed prehistoric rock art and Christian links to Dartmoor’s standing stones.
A young Devon archaeologist has been recogonised by Budleigh Salterton‘s Fairlynch Museum for her work researching, studying and discovering Devon‘s past.
Phoebe Holland, who lives in Ivybridge and has just graduated from Exeter University, is the proud recipient of the award.
The £100 prize, awarded annually by the Fairlynch Museum in Budleigh Salterton and Exeter University was set up in honour of benefactors Tony Colmer and his wife Angela. Until Angela’s death in 2007 and Tony’s in 2011 they worked tirelessly for the Fairlynch Museum, developing the archaeology collection and championing the area’s history.
Phoebe, who is 21, explained, “I’m particularly interested in the prehistoric story of Devon and Dartmoor in particular. I did a lot of work revealing evidence of rock art and how 3-D modelling can identify significant new data. “
The university recognised Phoebe‘s work revealing evidence of a Christian influence on the area’s menhirs, standing stones.
The museum’s chairman, Trevor Waddington, said, “We pride ourselves on our archaeology gallery and it is so important to see new work on the area’s past revealing fresh secrets. The award both encourages a new generation of archaeologists and pays tribute to the work that Angela and Tony did for the museum. “
The Fairlynch’s Curator of Archaeology, Jan Oke, was the first recipient of the award in 2016.
Phoebe’s dissertation was titled “More Than Meets the Eye: Using 2D and 3D Digital Techniques to Explore and Document Prehistoric Rock Art and Early Medieval Sculpture in Southwest Britain."
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