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Archaeological monitoring and recording at Buckland Abbey, Devon |
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Oakford Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Oakford Archaeology between January and February 2014 at Buckland Abbey, Devon (SX 4901 6666). The site lies within the scheduled area to the north and northeast of the main Buckland Abbey complex (SM 24846), in an area of high archaeological potential. The work was therefore required by English Heritage (EH), advised by the National Trust Archaeologist (NT). A watching brief was maintained during works associated with the excavation of new cable trenches and additional trenches for undergrounding overhead cables. The trenching was 207m long and on average 0.4-0.8m deep. Excavations around the tithe barn, guest house/infirmary and formal garden were kept to a maximum of 0.5m below current ground level in order to reduce the chances of impacting upon the known archaeological resource. As expected inspection of the exposed area around the tithe barn, guest house/infirmary and formal garden exposed no evidence of archaeological activity. Elsewhere the results of the archaeological excavations demonstrated that the remains of two earlier cobbled road surfaces, dating to the 19th century, survived below the road to the north of the pond. The surfaces were cut by modern activity. |
Author: |
Marc F R Steinmetzer
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Oakford 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: |
2014
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Buckland Abbey |
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Devon |
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West Devon |
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BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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England |
Grid Reference: 248810, 66900 (Easting, Northing)
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oakforda1-177864 |
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02 Jul 2018 |