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| HER Number: | MDV128964 |
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| Name: | Ring ditch off Digby Drive |
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Summary
Ring ditch excavated with two internal pits containing Middle Bronze Age cremations within vessels.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 956 913 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| District | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HEAVITREE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Constructed, Middle Bronze Age - 1500 BC to 1001 BC (Between)) + Sci.Date
- CREMATION (Middle Bronze Age - 1440 BC to 1260 BC (Between))
Full description
Gent, T. + Goodwin, N., 2008, Archaeological Monitoring and Recording of a Housing Development at Digby Drive, Exeter (Report - Watching Brief). SDV363887.
Quinnell, H. + Farnell, A., 2016, Prehistoric Sites in the Digby Area of Exeter, 93, fig 23-26 (Article in Serial). SDV363832.
Prehistoric ring ditch 571. Internal diameter approximately 6m. Nearly circular in plan, with ditch 1m wide, 0.3m deep. Sections showed a rounded profile and slightly flattened base. Small pits 523 and 521 at the centre of the ring ditch each contained a Middle Bronze Age vessel with cremated bone. Each had been placed upright on trimmed slab of local iron concreted Dawlish sandstone. The pots were lifted intact and fill laboratory-excavated. One survived complete with rim and contained remains of a adult (18+); possibly male. The second was in poor condition and perhaps buried incomplete. Remains of adult (23+), possible female. The former was radiocarbon dated to 1440-1260 BC (calibrated).
Further pits excavated within the ring ditch contained charcoal and a flint flake.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV363832 | Article in Serial: Quinnell, H. + Farnell, A.. 2016. Prehistoric Sites in the Digby Area of Exeter. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Exploration Society. 74. Paperback Volume. 93, fig 23-26. [Mapped feature: #127090 Scanned version of fig 23 used to digitise this feature, ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV128966 | Related to: Iron Age ovens excavated, Digby Drive (Monument) |
| MDV75660 | Related to: Iron Age Settlement to north of Digby Drive, Exeter (Monument) |
| MDV128965 | Related to: Middle Neolithic pit off Digby Drive (Monument) |
| MDV128963 | Related to: Possible ring ditch, Crown Way (Monument) |
| MDV128935 | Related to: Prehistoric trackway to the north of Digby Drive, Exeter (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8336 - Monitoring and Recording of a Housing Development at Digby Drive (Ref: 08.06)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 14 2020 2:37PM |
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