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ID:SDV360371
OASIS ID:cotswold2-281087
Title:Land at Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell: Strip, Map and Sample
Originator:Unknown
Date:2015
Summary:An archaeological strip, map and sample excavation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in July 2014 at Land at Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, whereby Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 were machine excavated. excavation identified an extensive series of sixteen pits and a ditch within Areas 1 and 3, likely to have been excavated for the extraction of iron ore nodules which are known to occur within the natural clay with flint and chert, having been previously identified on sites elsewhere within the Blackdown Hills. These features remain undated.
DOI (permanent link):https://doi.org/10.5284/1051185

Associated Monuments (2)

MDV45090Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)
MDV119858Pits, Land at Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell (Monument)