Morris, B. W. (2014). Land at Shortlands Lane, Cullompton, Devon; Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1035617. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Shortlands Lane, Cullompton, Devon; Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Archaeological evaluation and excavation was carried out on land off Shortlands Lane, south of the New Cut, in the town of Cullompton, Devon. This work was carried out on behalf of Millwood Homes, in advance of the construction of two detached dwellings and a block of flats. This excavation revealed a later 1st century military cremation burial and a Romano-British civilian settlement occupied from the mid 2nd century through to the early 4th century AD. A small amount of earlier material was also encountered, along with a large middle Iron Age ditch. Surprisingly few medieval features or artefacts were uncovered, and most of the later features related to water management. The Roman cremation burial is the first undisturbed burial of its kind to be excavated in Devon in recent times, and the only one to produce human bone. The location and character of the burial indicates it belonged to a ranked soldier, almost certainly belonging to the garrison on St Andrews Hill. The civilian settlement was established in the mid 2nd century AD and was occupied into the 4th century. The difference between the pottery dating and the radiocarbon dating raises interesting questions about the taphonomic processes that might have been operating on the site, with implications for similar settlements. The later phases at Shortlands Lane appear to have belonged to a class of multi-vallate sub-rectangular sites usually identified via cropmarks, and essentially the only known class of rural Romano-British settlement. It is likely, however, that these enclosures - usually covering an area of 0.1-0.2ha internally - are the homesteads of the Dumnonian elite; the homes of the rural majority have rarely, if ever, been successfully identified. The finds from the site suggest it was occupied by a literate family of modest means, who may well have had an interest in the iron smelting taking place in the combes to the west.
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Author:		 Bryn W Morris
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2014
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Site: Shortlands Lane
County: Devon
District: Mid Devon
Parish: CULLOMPTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 301916, 107217 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MORTARIA (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SAMIAN (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SOUTH EAST DORSET BLACK BURNISHED WARE (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) MILITARY CREMATION BURIAL (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: southwes1-63643
OBIB: 20140811
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018