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| HER Number: | MDV119144 |
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| Name: | Ditches on land at Eastacombe, Tawstock |
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Summary
Evaluation trenches on the site of a proposed housing development at Eastacombe revealed a number of undated ditches which are likely to represent former boundaries.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 539 298 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tawstock |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAWSTOCK |
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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
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Field named as Burrow (2501) on the Tawstock Tithe Apportionment, one of several similarly named fields in the vicinity.
Webb, P., 2015, Land at Eastacombe, Tawstock, Devon. Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation (Report - Assessment). SDV360187.
Evaluation trenches on the site of a proposed housing development at Eastacombe revealed a number of undated ditches which are likely to represent former boundaries. It was noted that one of the ditches [204] was more substantial than the other features suggesting that it may have performed a different function. The fact that it is cut through a soil layer containing medieval pottery implies that it is later in date.
Only a small amount of material comprising medieval to post-medieval pottery and clay pipe was recovered, none from within any of the features. Much of the pottery was formed of North Devon coarsewares with a small amount of post medieval white-refined earthenwares. Their presence is probably the result of breakages thrown into the fields during the manuring processes in the medieval and post medieval periods.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #78435 ] |
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| SDV360187 | Report - Assessment: Webb, P.. 2015. Land at Eastacombe, Tawstock, Devon. Results of a Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation. Southwest Archaeology Report. 150121. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV6498 - (Undated)
- FDV6497 - POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV7269 - Desk-Based Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation on Land at Eastacombe, Tawstock
| Date Last Edited: | May 18 2017 12:17PM |
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