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Summary

Linear ditches associated with post-medieval field boundaries were recorded during archaeological investigation on land to the northeast of Pincourt Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Hughes, S. + Rainbird, P., 2016, The New Cranbrook Watermain: Post Excavation Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV364434.

A staged programme of archaeological works comprising evaluation trenching, excavation and watching brief along the route of the new Cranbrook water main, East Devon, was undertaken by AC archaeology between June and November 2011. The work was commissioned by South West Water following consultation with Devon County Council Historic Environment Team. The evaluation trenches principally targeted potential sites that would have been impacted on by the new pipeline, identified through an earlier phase of work assessing historic maps, county historic environment records and aerial photographic information, as well as a walkover survey and a geophysical survey of the route.The works revealed field boundaries of Romano-British to post-medieval date, a cremation in a pit of possible Bronze Age date located in close proximity to an earlier find of a Bronze Age hoard, as well as a ditch of a probable prehistoric enclosure, re-used in the Romano-British period, originally identified on aerial photographs, and containing the fragmented remains of hand worked shale armlets of
probable Iron Age date, and an undated a pit furnace for smelting iron inside the enclosure.

Trench 21 was positioned to target a northwest to southeast aligned linear anomaly interpreted from a previous geophysical survey. The trench contained two parallel linear features towards the southwest end of the trench (F2102 and F2104) and two parallel linear features at the northeast end (F2107 and F2109). Linear features 4 No finds were recovered from Ditches F2102 and F210. Ditches F2107 and F2109 corresponded with the location of the targeted anomaly. Both contained finds of post-medieval
date with a piece of clay tobacco pipe in fill 2106 and a sherd of pottery in fill 2108.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8705 - Post Excavation Assessment: The New Cranbrook Watermain (Ref: ACD295/2/0)

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