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HER Number:MDV10192
Name:Stoke Hill Signal Station, Pottery

Summary

Roman pottery sherds found at Stoke hill Roman signal station with a few later sherds

Location

Grid Reference:SX 923 953
Map Sheet:SX99NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishExeter
DistrictExeter
Ecclesiastical ParishHEAVITREE

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NW/5/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FINDSPOT (Roman to Late Medieval - 43 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, EXE/202/1975, 2 (Record Office Collection). SDV24999.


Fox, A. + Ravenhill, W, 1959, Stoke Hill Signal Station, 75-7 (Article in Serial). SDV336933.

Stoke Hill Roman signal station. Pottery found in the rampart trenches were one chip of Samian, two small buff sherds and a featureless black rim fragment. All found in recent plough soil, 51 milimeter - 229 milimeters below the present surface, together with rubbish of 18th-20th century dates. In the interior a piece of a brown colour-coated flanged bowl was found, probably 3rd century. Three scraps of medieval glazed pottery were found in the ditch of the outer enclosures.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24999Record Office Collection: Royal Albert Memorial Museum. EXE/202/1975. Royal Albert Memorial Museum. Unknown. 2.
SDV336933Article in Serial: Fox, A. + Ravenhill, W. 1959. Stoke Hill Signal Station. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 91. A5 Hardback. 75-7.

Associated Monuments

MDV10188Part of: Stoke Hill Signal Station, 575 metres west of Rolleston Farm, Pennsylvania Road, Exeter (Monument)
MDV10188Related to: Stoke Hill Signal Station, 575 metres west of Rolleston Farm, Pennsylvania Road, Exeter (Monument)
MDV10188Part of: Stoke Hill Signal Station, 575 metres west of Rolleston Farm, Pennsylvania Road, Exeter (Monument)
MDV10188Related to: Stoke Hill Signal Station, 575 metres west of Rolleston Farm, Pennsylvania Road, Exeter (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FDV3435 - POT (I to Unknown - 43 AD)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 30 2013 11:34AM