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| HER Number: | MDV104592 |
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| Name: | Post-Medieval features, to the north of St Loyes, Exeter |
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Summary
Post-medieval features comprising of post holes and a broadly circular ditched feature.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 936 907 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALPHINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
- POST HOLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Stead, P. + Payne, N., 18/06/2013, Land at and adjacent to Fairfield House, St Loyes, Topsham Road, Exeter (Report - Excavation). SDV351651.
A post-medieval ditched feature partially excavated during the 2010 (Steinmetzer and Salvatore) investigations, was further examined.
This was a large, broadly circular feature measuring approximately 18m in diameter and located at the northern corner of the site. It was found to comprise a continuous and circular steep-sided and flat-based ditch measuring 2m deep and 5.6m wide, tapering to 1.6m wide at its base, with a central island of natural subsoil. The upper part of the outer edge of the ditch featured a narrow near-level ledge, just wide enough to walk around. Fragments of tobacco pipe stem were found on the base of the ditch. It had been infilled with clean re-deposited natural subsoil.
The function of post-medieval feature has still not been established by this work, but its form has; the feature probably comprises a circular ditch surrounding a central mound. It is clearly not a quarry pit and it is conceivably a large feature perhaps dating from the civil war period, being located strategically adjacent to Topsham Road and close to the River Exe.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #64068 ] |
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| SDV351651 | Report - Excavation: Stead, P. + Payne, N.. 18/06/2013. Land at and adjacent to Fairfield House, St Loyes, Topsham Road, Exeter. AC Archaeology Report. ACD649/3/0. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV5391 - BAR IRON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- FDV5390 - BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- FDV5389 - CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- FDV5393 - SLAG (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
- FDV5392 - TESSERA (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV6189 - Archaeological Excavation and Proposal for Further Works, Land at and adjacent to Fairfield House St Loyes, Topsham Road, Exeter (Ref: ACD649/3/0)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 8 2014 2:53PM |
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