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Summary

Archaeological features comprise three long linear features in the southern half of the site and single short ditch in the north-east corner of the site. The largest ditch appeared to have footprints in the base of it.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINEAR EARTHWORK (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Rohan, N. + Morris, B., 15/08/2014, Land off Tiverton Road, Cullompton (Report - Excavation). SDV359363.

Excavation undertaken in advance of a proposed housing development.

Activity, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age or Iron Age on the basis of stratigraphical relationships, is comprised of three long linear features in the southern half of the site and a single short ditch in the north-east corner of the site. The largest ditch [2045], extended from the south-east corner of the site and was orientated north-by-north-west for 32 metres, before turning to the west for a further 36 metres, and then curving to the south for another 12 metres. At its south-eastern end, it was a very substantial feature, up to 1.5 metres wide and 1.4 metres deep, with a deep V-shaped profile. Its size and shape were not, however, consistent, and to the north-west it gradually decreased in size until it was only 0.4 metres wide and 0.35 metres deep, with vertical sides and a flat base. The south-eastern part of ditch [2045] had clearly been re-cut once, a V-shaped cut [2315] approximately 0.5 metres deep. Both features contained multiple fills, and in one section the base of [2045] appeared to feature footprints.

Ditch [2059] was a much less substantial feature, being c.0.4 metres wide and 0.32 metres deep and featuring a concave profile; it was 13.5 metres long and appeared to peter out before it reached the southern edge of the site. Ditch [2059] cut the upper fills of [2045/2315], but would appear to be a close contemporary. It contained a single fill (2060).

The second curving ditch [2355] (Figure 28 & 35) was exposed for some 20 metres in the south-west corner of the site. It extended from the western baulk and curved to the south before continuing beyond the southern limit of excavation. Ditch [2355] was up to 0.9 metres in width and 0.42 metres deep, with near vertical sides and a gently concave base. At the north-west end it cut ditch [2202]. Its fills produced a single piece of iron slag.

Ditch [2115] was a much smaller feature. It lay in the north-east corner of the site, had an observed length of 7 metres, being 0.5 metres in width and only 0.15 metres deep, with a shallow concave profile.

No other features could confidently be ascribed to this phase.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Mpa object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV6085 - SLAG (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events

• EDV6902 - Evaluation, Land off Tiverton Road, Cullompton (Ref: 140815)

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