King, L. (2011). Land at Grenville College Bideford Devon. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051358. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Grenville College Bideford Devon
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In August 2011 Oxford Archaeology South (OAS) carried out an archaeological evaluation on land at Grenville College, Bideford, Devon. The investigation comprised 41 trenches measuring 40 m x 1.8 m. Two pieces of worked flint were found, one of which was from topsoil and one was the only find from the fill of a ditch in Trench 29. The quantity is too small to suggest significant activity of prehistoric date. Nine ditches, two pits and a series of stone-filled land drains were identified in the course of the investigation. Of these, one pit contained post-medieval pottery and one, although undated, contained a deposit of burnt material. The ditches, where dated, all appear to be post-medieval in origin and represent field boundary and drainage ditches seen on historic maps of the site. The in situ pottery finds, from Trenches 11, 14, 28 and 30 are only broadly datable to the period c.1550-1850. There was a high concentration of post-medieval/ modern finds in the ploughsoil which may result from manuring of the ground using domestic refuse. Some evidence for landscaping was noted to the west of the site where the upper terrace appears to have been levelled. Given that the levelling material seals the post-medieval ditches this landscaping is likely to have occurred when the college playing fields were laid out. In the north-eastern corner of site, adjacent to an area of potential open-cast mining, an area of disturbance was noted. Here the underlying natural had been disturbed creating a broad shallow ditch-like feature which may have related to the mining activity. No dating evidence was found.
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Author:		 Louise King
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Publisher:		 Oxford 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:		 2011
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Site: Land at Grenville College
County: Devon
District: Torridge
Parish: BIDEFORD
Country: England
Grid Reference: 243900, 126510 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FLINTS (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-152803
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Created Date:		 22 Mar 2019