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An archaeological trench evaluation on land to the south of Crediton Road, Okehampton, Devon. |
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Exeter Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological trench evaluation was undertaken by Exeter Archaeology (EA) on land to the south of the B3215 Crediton Road on the edge of Okehampton. The work was required under a condition attached to planning consent for the construction of a new housing development. The site is a single field under pasture, totalling approximately 3.3hectares. It is bounded to the north by Crediton Road, considered to follow the line of the Roman road from Exeter to Launceston, to the west by a recent housing development and to the east by a pair of cottages built in the 1930's. The southern boundary consists of a substantial hedge bank. The Scheduled Ancient Monument of Okehampton Roman Fort lies approximately 250m to the north. A geophysical survey of the site, carried out in December 2009 (EA report No. 09.130), showed a number of linear features, in particular a ditch, labelled as Feature 1, and a series of shallow ditches or gullies considered to be of possible archaeological origin. A series of regular NW-SE aligned linear features were interpreted variously as probable recent land drains and widespread agricultural striations (plough scarring). The survey revealed no evidence of settlement, or of the putative Roman road that is generally considered to follow the same alignment as Crediton Road. The evaluation revealed no evidence of settlement within the site, or of the possible Roman Road and no finds were recovered. The ditch exposed in trenches 1 and 2 appears to respect the layout of the surrounding post medieval fields and is likely to represent a slighted field boundary of the same date. It is absent from the tithe map of 1841, indicating only that it had been removed by this date. |
Author: |
A. Farnell
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Publisher: |
Exeter Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Land south of Crediton Road |
Parish: |
OKEHAMPTON HAMLETS |
District: |
West Devon |
County: |
Devon |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Exeter |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Launceston |
Location - Auto Detected: |
B3215 Crediton Road |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Crediton Road |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Okehampton |
Grid Reference: 259930, 95850 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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1841 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
exeterar1-71440 |
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |