Walls, S. H. (2023). Archaeological evaluation on land at Camps Cross, Shobrooke, Mid Devon, Devon. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1112677. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological evaluation on land at Camps Cross, Shobrooke, Mid Devon, Devon
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Abstract:		 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) at the request of a private client (the Client). as part of pre-commencement works before construction of a temporary agricultural worker’s dwelling on land at Camp Cross, Shobrooke, Mid Devon, Devon. This work was carried out by S. Walls on 6th April 2023 in accordance with the Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI; Boyd 2023) having been agreed with the Devon County Council Historic Environment Team (DCHET). Three trenches were excavated under archaeological supervision by a machine fitted with a 1m wide toothless grading bucket and totalled 48.5m in length. The site demonstrated a relatively simple stratigraphy with an active red-brown slightly sandy silt loam topsoil, which was very fine and soft, with very rare sub angular to sub rounded small stones (>40mm diameter). The topsoil was typically around 0.3m deep across the site. The topsoil directly overlay the natural, a very firm (and crunchy) slightly yellow-red sandy clay, with occasional to common small sub-angular stones (>70mm). There were some slight variations noted within the natural, these were c.3m wide bands orientated broadly east to west. The southern most variations consisted of a compact firm yellow-red clay with more common stone inclusions. No traces of plough scarring were noted despite the shallow soil depths. No archaeological features were encountered, with a single east-west orientated land drain in the western trench, which was 0.2m wide and 0.22m deep with near vertical sides and slightly concave base. The drain was filled with a soft mid red-brown silt-sand loam with abundant medium sized sub-angular stones. In general, the ground which forms the site was very wet, suggesting that any land drains in this area were likely broken/silted-up.The trenches and spoil were walked over however the only finds were fragments of a blue plastic land drain and a single sherd of 18th-19th century green bottle glass, these were subsequently discarded.
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Author:		 Samuel H Walls
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Other Person/Org:		 Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2023
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Parish: Shobrooke
District: Mid Devon
County: Devon
Country: England
Grid Reference: 286245, 100069 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2023