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Summary

Remains of a gable-ended cob-walled building investigated as part of a programme of archaeological works along the route of a gas pipeline. The building formerly had three entrances, one in the centre of the north-west side and two wider side entrances, one facing north-west, the other north-east, enabling access from the fields on either side.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BARN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

A building is illustrated within the north-west corner of plot 1988 on the Woodbury Tithe Map.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

A building is depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

A building is depicted.

Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M., 2010, South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume I Text, 34-35, 144 (Report - non-specific). SDV347992.

Site ATK 12.01. Partially upstanding building (12.01.01) of cob on a lime concrete plinth. Within the building was a floor of rounded cobbles. A central corridor of rammed earth with handmade brick edging led from a central doorway, separating the two halves of the building. To the west of the central doorway was a large opening possibly for animals. There was a similar opening in the opposite wall. These two large entranceways and the lack of hearth or fireplace suggest an agricultural rather than domestic use. A quantity of roof tile and small amounts of slate suggest it was roofed with different materials at different times. A deposit comprising cob-silt and decomposed organic material overlay all the deposits within the building. Finds from this deposit included 29 sherds of medieval and post medieval pottery, 6 pieces of glass, 76 pieces of tile and pantile and 48 iron objects. Further pieces of tile and pantile and a fragment of clay pipe came from a similar layer outside the buildings.

Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M., 2010, South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume II Illustrations, Fig. 34 (Report - non-specific). SDV347993.

Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M., 2010, South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume III Site Gazetteer, Site ATK06 12.01 (Report - non-specific). SDV347994.

Mudd, A. + Joyce, S., 2014, The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon. Investigations in 2005-2007, 134-138, 155 (Monograph). SDV359340.

Site 12. Cob building at Lower Nutwell, Woodbury. Partially upstanding cob-walled building (12.01.01) with an internal area of 12 by 4.7 metres and three apparent entrances. Part of the south-west gable and north-west walls survived in height to just over 2 metres. The building was excavated in a series of trenches revealing a partial floor plan and a sequence of construction. Pieces of orange pantile were recovered suggesting that the building was roofed with this material, although fragments of slate from the South Hams in Devon and Delabole in Cornwall were also found and these were probably also used as roofing material at some time. The building was constructed in one phase with three doorways, one in the centre of the north-west side and two wider side entrances, one facing north-west, the other north-east. These probably allowed access for people and animals from fields on either side. It appears to have been refloored with cobbles and Flemish bricks in the late 17th or 18th century. It is not known when the building fell into disuse but it appears to have been standing and roofed in 1946. The only pottery found comprised 27 sherds from a medieval chert-tempered cooking pot and two sherds from a 16th century jug. It is unclear why these should have been deposited here. See report for further details of the building.

Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

A building is illustrated within the north-west corner of plot 1988 on the Woodbury Tithe Map of 1842. The building is present on both the First and Second Edition 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps, but is not shown on the Ordnance Survey Master Map indicating that it had been demolished prior to 2015.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

The building is no longer present.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #69962 ]
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV347992	Report - non-specific: Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M.. 2010. South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume I Text. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 09106. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 34-35, 144.
SDV347993	Report - non-specific: Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M.. 2010. South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume II Illustrations. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 09106. A3 Comb Bound + Digital. Fig. 34.
SDV347994	Report - non-specific: Joyce, S. + Mudd, A. + Collard, M.. 2010. South-West Reinforcement Project, Ottery St Mary to Aylesbeare, Aylesbeare to Kenn, Fishacre to Choakford Gas Pipelines, Devon: Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Issue 2: Volume III Site Gazetteer. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 09106. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. Site ATK06 12.01.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV357601	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV359340	Monograph: Mudd, A. + Joyce, S.. 2014. The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon. Investigations in 2005-2007. The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon. Investigations in 2005-2007. Hardback Volume. 134-138, 155.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV6267 - BRICK (XVII to XVIII - 1670 AD to 1730 AD)

Associated Events

• EDV5439 - Archaeological Investigations Along Gas Pipeline, South-West Reinforcement Project

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