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Evaluation trenching at 10 Mayfair, Tiverton, Devon. |
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South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
Archaeological evaluation trenching was undertaken by South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) at the request of Oliver Leighton-Boyce of Westernberg Ltd. (the Client), prior to the construction of five houses in the garden of 10 Mayfair, Tiverton, Devon. This work was undertaken on the 13th March 2018 in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation (Balmond 2018) drawn up in consultation with Marrina Neophytou of the Devon County Historic Environment Team (DCHET). The site lies between Tiverton and Halberton on a shallow south-east facing slope near the summit of a broad shallow ridge, at a height of c.105m AOD. The soils are listed as the well-drained gritty reddish loamy soils of the Crediton Association (SSEW 1983), overlying undifferentiated Quaternary river terrace deposits with sandstones of the Tidcombe Sand Member at depth (BGS 2018). The Devon HLC characterises the fields here as medieval enclosures based on strip fields. Extensive geophysical survey in the surrounding area has highlighted its archaeological potential (Stratascan 2012; 2014), and significant quantities of worked flints have been recovered during fieldwalking from a number of sites in the area including West Manley, Long Burrow, and ahead of construction of the North Devon Link Road (Quinnell et al. 2015). Evaluation trenching south-west of the site recovered late Neolithic pottery, a Middle Bronze Age pot with possible cremation and a field system of probable Roman date (Cotswold 2015). |
Author: |
S Thorogood
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South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2018
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10 Mayfair |
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Devon |
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Mid Devon |
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TIVERTON |
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England |
Grid Reference: 298615, 113079 (Easting, Northing)
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02 Jul 2018 |