Excavations at the Valiant Soldier, Exeter, 1973-74 (Exeter archive site 44)
Cotswold Archaeology, Exeter City Council, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5284/1035181. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1035181
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Introduction
From July 1973 to June 1974 excavations took place on the site of the former Valiant Soldier Public House at the top of Holloway Street in advance of a new road scheme.
The Valiant Soldier site was situated about 100 metres south-east of the South Gate of the City Wall at SX 9218/9225 and was outside the Roman legionary fortress about 250 metres south-east of the suspected site of the porta principalis sinistra of the defences.
Remains of the post-medieval, medieval and the Roman civil periods were recorded overlying and cutting features of the Roman military period. This period, at Exeter, is dated from c AD 55/60 - c 75/80. Roman military levels were first encountered on the site at about 29.5 metres above Ordnance Datum. The remains of at least three timber buildings arranged around a courtyard were recovered. These buildings were thought to comprise part of a suite of buildings located within a compound to the south-east of the legionary fortress.
