Gillard, M., Garland, N. and Jones, G. (2018). Land South of the A379 Newcourt Exeter. Archaeological Excavation. Cirencester: Cotswold Archaeology.

Title:

Land South of the A379 Newcourt Exeter. Archaeological Excavation

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Publication Type:

Report

Abstract:

An archaeological strip, map and sample(SMS) excavation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology from November 2016 to January 2017on land south of the A379, Newcourt, Exeter. An area of1.27hawas excavated.The excavation identified activity of Mesolithic, later Early Bronze Age to early Middle Bronze Age, and post-medieval to modern date. The majority of features contained no dating evidence, but it is likely that many result from prehistoric activity on the site. Three pits, with holes dug into their bases, were identified as Mesolithic in origin, on the basis of two radiocarbon determinations from one of the pits. A group of later Early Bronze Age pottery had been placedin a pit in the north-west of the site. A vessel deposited in a ditch in the south-east of the site, discovered during the evaluation, hadpreviously been assigned a Middle Bronze Age date but may bebroadlycontemporary. Asecond ditch, ran perpendicular to it. The Bronze Age activity is presumably related to the enclosure, roundhouses and field system identified to the south and west of the current excavation area by previous archaeological investigations.Three round pits showing signs of burning –possibly from a domestic use such as an oven–were alsorevealed. Although undated, a prehistoric use, possibly during the Iron Age, is likely. Scattered across the whole excavationarea were numerous pits and possible postholes; no structure or date could be ascertained for these. There were also several undated tree-throwholes. The results of the excavation produced the first evidence for Mesolithic features in this area, and further evidence for activity in the earlier Bronze Age. A short report will be produced for publication in the Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society.

Author:

Martin Gillard
Nicky Garland

G Jones

Publisher:

Cotswold Archaeology

Year of Publication:

2018

Subjects / Periods:

Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
early Middle Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
post-medieval to modern (Auto Detected Temporal)
Middle Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
pottery (Auto Detected Subject)
evaluation (Auto Detected Subject)
field system (Auto Detected Subject)
roundhouses (Auto Detected Subject)
postholes (Auto Detected Subject)
archaeological strip, map (Auto Detected Subject)
pit (Auto Detected Subject)
enclosure (Auto Detected Subject)
radiocarbon determinations (Auto Detected Subject)
vessel (Auto Detected Subject)
pits (Auto Detected Subject)
oven (Auto Detected Subject)
ditch (Auto Detected Subject)

Identifiers:

Report Id:

17442

Source:

ADS Library (ADS Library)

Created Date:

01 May 2019