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Archaeological assessment and evaluation at Wessex Close, Topsham, Devon |
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Oakford Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was carried out by Oakford Archaeology on land adjacent to Wessex Close, Topsham, Devon, between April and May 2014. The work comprised the excavation of 8 trenches totalling 175m in length, with each trench 1.6m wide. These targeted a series of anomalies identified during an earlier geophysical survey and provided a spatial sample of those areas that were not available for geophysical survey. Excavation revealed three ditches of Romano-British date, as well as the remains of two large pits. Only the two NW-SE aligned ditches had been identified by the geophysical survey. The fills contained quantities of mid-to-late Romano-British tile and pottery, indicating the nearby presence of buildings and occupation of the site perhaps into the 4th century AD. The trenches identified a further two ditches and three discrete features of probable Romano-British date and a trackway with flanking ditches of post-medieval date. None of these had been identified by the geophysical survey. |
Author: |
J M Allan
Norman Shiel
Marc F R Steinmetzer
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Publisher: |
Oakford Archaeology
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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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Wessex Close |
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Devon |
District: |
Exeter |
Parish: |
EXETER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 295810, 88900 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
oakforda1-180669 |
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14-10 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |