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| HER Number: | MDV107243 |
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| Name: | Joy Street, Barnstaple |
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Summary
Excavations in Joy Street suggest that this road had its origins in the Saxon period. Several phases of timber slots and post holes and a cobbled street have been found dating to the late Saxon and early Medieval period.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 558 333 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Barnstaple |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BARNSTAPLE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROAD (Built, Saxon - 701 AD to 1065 AD (Between))
Full description
Cullen, B + Thompson, S, 09/2013, Joy Street, Green Lanes, Barnstaple, Evaluation, 4 (Report - Evaluation). SDV357185.
Miles, T., 1973, Excavations at 4-6 Joy Street, Barnstaple (Report - Excavation). SDV344470.
Excavations at 4-6 Joy Street in Barnstaple revealed several phases of occupation between the late Saxon period and the 20th century. Several phases of timber slots and post holes and a cobbled street were exposed dating to the late Saxon and early Medieval period. The Medieval period was represented by two properties on stone foundations fronting onto Joy Street with further buildings to the rear. A stone-built kitchen was exposed behind the eastern property with a bread oven at floor level. Part of a slate roof had collapsed into the interior. Two unlined wells dated from this period were exposed as well as a number of rubbish pits containing local 13th-15th century pottery and wares imported from France. Part of a cobbled floor had been preserved where it had subsided into a pit. The properties were rebuilt and realigned in the 16th and 17th centuries. The eastern house was entirely rebuilt in the 19th century forming the property demolished in the 1970s. A stone-lined well to the rear replaced the 16th century one. A new floor was added to the western house destroying most of the earlier stratified deposits in the interior. Cess pits were dug in the backs of both gardens, one of them providing a group of mid 19th century artefacts.
Timms, S. C., 1976, The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft, 74, 76 (Report - Survey). SDV341346.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341346 | Report - Survey: Timms, S. C.. 1976. The Devon Urban Survey, 1976. First Draft. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. 74, 76. |
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| SDV344470 | Report - Excavation: Miles, T.. 1973. Excavations at 4-6 Joy Street, Barnstaple. Barnstaple Excavation Committee. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66750 ] |
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| SDV357185 | Report - Evaluation: Cullen, B + Thompson, S. 09/2013. Joy Street, Green Lanes, Barnstaple, Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology Report. 78942.03. Digital. 4. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV76433 | Related to: Settlement at 4-6 Joy Street, Barnstaple (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4626 - Excavation at 4-6 Joy Street, Barnstaple
| Date Last Edited: | May 18 2015 8:18AM |
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