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Summary

Four parallel, slightly curving and closely-spaced but slightly irregular ditches were identified on land adjacent to Alwear Old Road. The ditches are undated.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCH (Unknown date)

Full description

Webb, P. + Balmond, F. + Morris, B. + Walls, S.H., 2018, Land adjacent to Alswear Old Road, South Molton: Excavation, South Molton Rugby Club's New Pitch (Report - Excavation). SDV364652.

South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) was commissioned the South Molton Rugby Club (the Client) to undertake an archaeological excavation prior to the creation of a new rugby pitch on land adjacent to Alswear Road, South Molton, North Devon. This work was undertaken in fulfilment of a planning condition, and follows on from a programme of geophysical survey (Bampton 2015) and evaluation trenching (Webb 2015). The archaeological excavation was carried out as part of a HLF-funded community project which involved members of the community and local school children in the excavation, post-excavation processing and other archaeologically-themed activities.

The work identified and excavated a total of 46 features, including ditches, gullies, pits and postholes, that reflect the Prehistoric and historic use of the site. The pottery indicates activity as early as the Bronze Age, although the principal features are all likely to date to the Iron Age, with early medieval re-use of an enclosure.

Four parallel, slightly curving and closely-spaced but slightly irregular ditches were exposed and investigated on the south-eastern edge of the site. They were all orientated NNE-SSW. Each linear feature had a gentle sloping profile with a gently-concave base, although ditch had a much more pronounced concaved profile and base. One face of each ditch was steeper. They varied from 0.5m to 1.50m wide. All four were relatively shallow, at 0.16m to 0.30m deep. All four contained single fills of friable mid red-brown silt-clays with occasional shillet. There were no finds and therefore undated.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8756 - Excavation: Land adjacent to Alswear Old Road, South Molton (Ref: 181123)

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