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| HER Number: | MDV56368 |
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| Name: | Mound of tap slag north of Bywood Farm |
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Summary
Mound of Saxon tap slag and furnace lining in wooded area. Cut by trackway exposing dark soil with tap slag weathering out of it.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 158 093 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/155
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SLAG (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD) + Sci.Date
Full description
Exeter Archaeology, 1995, Blackdown Hills ironworking survey (Report - Survey). SDV341876.
Site visited on 17th February 1995. Mound of tap slag in wooded area. Cut by trackway exposing dark soil with tap slag weathering out of it.
Unknown, 1996, Untitled Source, 12-13 (Article in Serial). SDV341874.
This site has produced a radiocarbon date of AD664 to AD889
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, 1998, Iron and Steel Industries, Monument Protection Programme (MPP), Introduction to Site Assessments (Report - Assessment). SDV362922.
Early medieval iron smelting site on the southwest facing slope immediately to the east of Bywood Copse. The lower part of the site has been cut by a modern farm track into the copse revealing an almost vertical section though the slag mound. The deposit, which is 0.4 metres deep, includes fairly typical dense tap slag (largely pebble-sized) fragments of furnace bottom and furnace slag, charcoal and roasted ore. The upper part of the site was densely vegetated and no determination of furnace location could be made. A charcoal sample from the site produced a radiocarbon date of AD 664-889.
Proven early medieval sites are rare nationally and surviving earthworks associated with such sites are rarer still. Despite damage to the lower part of the site and the extent of covering vegetation, the site is considered to be nationally important.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341874 | Article in Serial: Unknown. 1996. Devon Archaeological Society Newsletter. 63. A4 Stapled. 12-13. |
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| SDV341876 | Report - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 1995. Blackdown Hills ironworking survey. Exeter Archaeology Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV362922 | Report - Assessment: Lancaster University Archaeological Unit. 1998. Iron and Steel Industries, Monument Protection Programme (MPP), Introduction to Site Assessments. Historic England. A4. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2022 9:42AM |
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