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HER Number:MDV126771
Name:Hearth circa 148 metres north-west of Long Burrow, Tiverton

Summary

A possible hearth located during topsoil stripping for the North Devon Link Road. The fill comprised a brown-black loam with charcoal, burnt stone and flint and also a possible crucible fragment.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 983 136
Map Sheet:SS91SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishTiverton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTIVERTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HEARTH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Doggett, N., 1983, The North Devon Link Road (Stage One). Sampford Peverell to Tiverton, F.1 (Un-published). SDV363254.

A small roughly circular feature, circa 0.4 metres diameter, located during topsoil stripping for the North Devon Link Road. The fill comprised a brown-black loam with charcoal, burnt stone and flint and also a possible crucible fragment. It may, therefore, have been a hearth.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

  • FDV7244 - CRUCIBLE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC? to 42 AD?)

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 6 2019 12:30PM