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Summary

Intercutting ditches dating from the Medieval period were recorded during an excavation on land off Tiverton Road, Cullompton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCH (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 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 within the site spans over a number of periods starting from the Neolithic period. These particualr features comprise a series of linear features that cross the site north-west to south-east. A series of intercutting linear features, collectively referred to as Group <006>, appear to represent the cutting and re-cutting of a single historic field boundary ditch, and one parallel to those of the modern fieldscape. This feature, investigated in detail during the 2011 evaluation, contained post-medieval pottery, clay pipes and glass.

A section cut through the northern end of Group <006>, revealed a series of four intercutting ditches. The earliest ditch [2493] was heavily truncated, so that little more than the flat base and a small portion of a steep eastern side of the feature survived. Its western side was truncated by ditch [2487], which measured 1.3 metres in surviving width and 0.5 metres in depth. Finds recovered from the three fills of [2487] included a sherd of abraded medieval pottery, coal, burnt bone and slate. The eastern side of [2487] was cut by [2491], while its western side was truncated by narrow ditch [2485]. To the south, these earlier features had been entirely replaced by a single ditch [2446], which continued south and truncated the Phase 2 curving linear [2448].

At the northern end of <2129> a second medieval ditch was identified, parallel to the first. Ditch [2206] ran 1.9 metres to the east and parallel to <006> for 22.5 metres. It had a shallow concave profile and contained a single fill (2207). A single sherd of pottery was recovered from this feature, from a late medieval South Somerset sandy ware jug.

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

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV6096 - GLASS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
• FDV6095 - TOBACCO PIPE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
• FDV6094 - SHERD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD)

Associated Events

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

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