Kendall, M. (2014). Land north of Wessex Close, Topsham, Exeter. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1044378. Cite this using datacite

Title
Title
The title of the publication or report
Title:		 Land north of Wessex Close, Topsham, Exeter
Series
Series
The series the publication or report is included in
Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
Downloads
Downloads
Any files associated with the publication or report that can be downloaded from the ADS
Downloads:
wessexar1-179637_1.pdf (2 MB) : Download
Licence Type
Licence Type
ADS, CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY 4.0 NC.
Licence Type:
ADS Terms of Use and Access icon
ADS Terms of Use and Access
DOI
DOI
The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5284/1044378
Publication Type
Publication Type
The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book
Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
Abstract
Abstract
The abstract describing the content of the publication or report
Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Heritage Developments South West Limited to undertake a targeted trial trench evaluation on land north of Wessex Close, Topsham, Exeter, centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) SX 95857 88937. Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a new residential development comprising up to 23 dwellings and associated works. In accordance with national legislation and local planning policies, and following previous non-intrusive heritage assessments of the site, the Archaeology Officer of Exeter City Council requested evaluation trenching, to inform the scope of any further mitigation that may be needed before or during the development. The works consisted of the machine excavation of 5 trenches (2 no. 20m, 1 no. 25m, 2 no. 30m, and all 1.90m wide) which were located in areas of proposed housing, and targeted on geophysical anomalies identified by the previous survey. The archaeological evaluation revealed that there is a high concentration of archaeological features and deposits present across the Site. In total a section of a metalled surface, three sections of stone walls, three linear gullies, and six substantial linear ditches (three of which ran across multiple trenches) were identified and recorded. While the amount of dating evidence recovered from the excavated contexts was very small throughout the Site, the dating provided and the Site's setting within the wider landscape of Topsham, makes it probable that all the features identified are Romano-British in date, and the result of settlement along, or near, to the edge of a road between Exeter and a Roman fortlet and probable port settlement further down towards Topsham.
Author
Author
The authors of this publication or report
Author:		 M Kendall
Publisher
Publisher
The publisher of the publication or report
Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
Other Person/Org
Other Person/Org
Other people or organisations for this publication or report
Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Exeter City HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication
Year of Publication
The year the book, article or report was published
Year of Publication:		 2014
Locations
Locations
Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published.
Locations:
Site: Land north of Wessex Close, Topsham
County: Devon
District: Exeter
Parish: EXETER
Country: England
Grid Reference: 295857, 88937 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods associated with this record.
Subjects / Periods:
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TILE (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ROAD (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
Identifiers
Identifiers
Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc.
Identifiers:
OASIS Id: wessexar1-179637
OBIB: 103700
Note
Note
Extra information on the publication or report.
Note:		 Grey literature client report
Source
Source
Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in.
Source:
Source icon
OASIS (OASIS)
Relations
Relations
Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report
Relations:
Created Date
Created Date
The date the record of the pubication was first entered
Created Date:		 25 Sep 2017