Site Data from an Archaeological Evaluation and Excavation at Pinn Brook Enclosure, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon 2015-2016
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1088104
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Introduction
This collection comprises site data (images and databases) from archaeological excavations at Pin Brook Enclosure, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon, in 2015 and 2016, with the work undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology.
The archaeological excavations in 2015 and 2016 recorded significant prehistoric remains, including a Neolithic pit alignment, an Early Bronze Age barrow and a later prehistoric ditched enclosure. Following a hiatus in occupation, the enclosure ditch was re-cut during the early medieval period, and the enclosure was sub-divided. Within the eastern part of the re-established enclosure, there was evidence for large-scale crop-processing, possibly indicative of monastic or secular estate ownership. A cemetery within the enclosure was poorly dated but is most likely early medieval or medieval in date. In total, ninety-seven graves were present, the cemetery having been revealed in its entirety, although the acidic soils had destroyed the human remains in all but twelve of the graves.
