Title: |
An archaeological gradiometer survey, Land to the north of Crediton Road, Okehampton, Devon, Ordnance Survey (E/N): 259900,96110 (point) |
Series: |
Substrata unpublished report series
|
Downloads: |
substrat1-217070_1.pdf (6 MB)
:
|
Download
|
|
Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
|
DOI |
|
Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
|
Abstract: |
This report was commissioned by AC Archaeology Ltd on behalf of Hannard Developments Ltd and was prepared by Substrata as supporting information for a forthcoming planning application for a proposed residential development and associated infrastructure. A total of seventy magnetic anomaly groups were identified as relating to potential archaeology. Of these, three groups are likely to represent former field boundaries mapped on the 1841 Okehampton tithe map and on all Ordnance Survey maps from 1881 to at least 1991. Four groups are very likely to relate to a former Roman road associated with the Roman military fort to the west of the western boundary of the survey area. There are a number of clusters of possible pits or large postholes to the north and south of the likely Roman road. Two groups, just to the south of the likely Roman road, are typical of anomalies caused by the presence of in-situ heated deposits such as that produced by former kilns, hearths or furnaces. Two groups on the western side of the survey area may represent former ridge-and-furrow cultivation. The remaining anomaly groups characterised as representing potential archaeological deposits are linear, multilinear and curvilinear groups that typically represent former field boundaries, enclosures or similar structures of unknown date. A number of these groups are have different alignments to the current field system. |
Author: |
R Dean
|
Publisher: |
Substrata Ltd.
|
Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
|
Year of Publication: |
2014
|
Locations: |
Site: |
Land to the north of Crediton Road |
County: |
Devon |
District: |
West Devon |
Parish: |
OKEHAMPTON HAMLETS |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 259900, 96110 (Easting, Northing)
|
|
Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
|
10 ANOMALY GROUPS REPRESENTING POSSIBLE PITS OR LARGE POST-HOLES
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
|
2 ANOMALIES POSSIBLY REPRESENTING KILNS, HEARTHS OR FURNACES
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
|
2 ANOMALY GROUPS REPRESENTING POSSIBLE RIDGE-AND-FURROW PLOUGHING TRACES
(Monus)
|
POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
|
3 ANOMALIES REPRESENTING HISTORIC FIELD BOUNDARIES
(Monus)
|
ROMAN
(Historic England Periods)
|
4 ANOMALIES VERY LIKELY TO RELATE TO A ROMAN ROAD
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
|
42 ANOMALY GROUPS REPRESENTING SECTIONS OF LINEAR DEPOSITS
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
|
9 ANOMALY GROUPS REPRESENTING POSSIBLE PITS
(Monus)
|
|
RIDGE AND FURROW
(Monument Type England)
|
|
PIT
(Monument Type England)
|
|
HEARTH
(Monument Type England)
|
|
FIELD BOUNDARY
(Monument Type England)
|
|
ROAD
(Monument Type England)
|
|
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
(Event)
|
|
Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
substrat1-217070 |
OBIB: |
Report 140129 |
|
Note: |
PDF report and cloud archive
|
Source: |
|
Relations: |
|
Created Date: |
02 Jul 2018 |