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Land off Wooda Road, Appledore, Devon: Results of an archaeological trench evaluation |
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AC archaeology Ltd
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological trench evaluation was undertaken by AC archaeology during February 2021 on land off Wooda Road, Appledore, Devon. The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of 24 trenches totalling 502m in length with each 1.8m wide. The initial aim of the trenching was to test the reliability of a previous geophysical survey and whether there was any evidence on the site relating to an early medieval battlefield thought to have taken place in the general area. The trench evaluation returned low level results. Only one trench exposed an archaeological feature, a linear gully, with the remainder containing no archaeological features or deposits. Finds from the gully comprised two small fragments of clinker or fuel ash and a small piece of limpet shell. Finds from topsoil comprised two sherds of medieval pottery, a small assemblage of post-medieval pottery, a piece of clay tobacco-pipe, a shard of glass and a piece of oyster shell. |
Author: |
Paul Rainbird
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AC Archaeology Ltd
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2021
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Land off Wooda Road, Appledore |
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Devon |
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Torridge |
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NORTHAM |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 246000, 129800 (Easting, Northing)
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acarchae2-403908 |
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Created Date: |
29 Oct 2021 |