See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

An oval pit containing significant quantities of charred cereals was excavated as part of a programme of archaeological works along the route of a gas pipeline. The cereals comprised mainly oats and barley which may represent dredge, a mixed crop which was fairly frequently grown from the early medieval period onwards. This appears to be a dump of harvested material waste in a pit that was dug to receive it.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PIT (VI to VII - 566 AD to 643 AD) + Sci.Date

Full description

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, 55, 209 (Report - non-specific). SDV347992.

Site FTC16.08. A lozenge shaped pit was excavated as part of a programme of archaeological works along the route of a gas pipeline. The pit, 0.87 by 2.56 metres and 0.48 metres deep with steep sides contained significant quantities of charred plant remains comprising mixed oats and barley. This appears to have been dredge, a mixed crop which was fairly frequently grown from the early medieval period onwards.

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. 57 (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 FTC16.08 (Report - non-specific). SDV347994.

Mudd, A. + Joyce, S., 2014, The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon. Investigations in 2005-2007, 132, 156, 164 (Monograph). SDV359340.

Site 27. Pit at Tigley B, Harberton. A large oval pit the charcoal-rich fill of which contained charred oats, barley and indeterminate grains. A calibrated radiocarbon date of AD566-643 was obtained from a hazelnut shell. This appears to be a dump of burnt, harvested material in a pit especially dug to receive it.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV6197 - CEREAL GRAIN (VI to VII - 566 AD to 643 AD)

Associated Events

• EDV4375 - Fishacre to Lyneham Pipeline Assessment
• EDV4391 - Fishacre to Lyneham Fieldwalking Survey
• EDV5439 - Archaeological Investigations Along Gas Pipeline, South-West Reinforcement Project

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.