Introduction
This collection comprises reports, images, and the project database from a programme of archaeological investigation undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in January and February 2018. The work was undertaken at the request of Barratt David Wilson Homes on land off Uplowman Road, Tiverton, Devon. An area of approximately 530 square metres was excavated within the development site.
The investigation revealed a sub-square ditched enclosure with external dimensions measuring 11.25m by 10.5m and a possible narrow entrance to the east. The ditch contained multiple backfilling deposits but only yielded a small pottery assemblage, which indicated a broad Roman date of deposition. Optical stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of one deposit indicated a broad late prehistoric to early Roman date, whilst another deposit produced an OSL date indicating secondary re-use in the early medieval period. Centrally placed within the enclosed area was a possible grave pit, aligned with the eastern entrance, though no definitive evidence of a burial was present and no dateable finds were recovered. A row of undated postholes east of the enclosure also appeared to be associated features. An apparently curvilinear ditch and an irregular pit located to the north of the enclosure did not appear to have been associated with it and were undated. Two linear ditches were of post-medieval date; one associated with land division and the other a field drain.