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An archaeological gradiometer survey, Land west of Newcourt Way, Exeter, Devon, Ordnance Survey (E/N): 295500,90717 (point) |
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Substrata unpublished report series
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substrat1-182490_1.pdf (4 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
This report was commissioned by AC Archaeology Ltd on behalf of clients and has been prepared in support of a forthcoming planning application for a residential development on land to the west of Newcourt Way, Exeter, Devon. The 2014 gradiometer survey reported here was undertaken across field 1 (Figure 3) by Substrata. The adjacent field (field 2) included in the proposed development area was the subject of a gradiometer survey in 2006 by Stratascan Ltd (Heard, 2006) as part of a larger survey along the route of a proposed link road from Old Rydon Lane to the A379. The archaeological works undertaken in 2006 and 2008 as part of this earlier programme of work are discussed. The relevant data and archaeological interpretations from the 2006 gradiometer survey are to provide a single source for the geophysical survey work carried out across the proposed development area. The magnetic contrast across the area was sufficient to be able to differentiate between anomalies representing possible archaeological features and background magnetic responses. Twelve magnetic anomaly groups were identified as pertaining to archaeological deposits or structures. One of the groups in field 2 has been identified by later excavation as a Bronze Age enclosure and three of the remaining groups as linear archaeological features. It is likely that five of the groups in field 1 represent two extensions of these features with the sixth group likely to represent a deposit relatively recent rubble. |
Author: |
R Dean
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Publisher: |
Substrata Ltd.
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Land west of Newcourt Way |
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Devon |
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Exeter |
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EXETER |
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England |
Grid Reference: 295300, 90700 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
substrat1-182490 |
OBIB: |
Report 140626 |
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PDF report and CD-ROM archive
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |