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| HER Number: | MDV60438 |
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| Name: | Artefact scatter to east of Rennes Drive, Exeter University Campus |
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Summary
Field walking in March 1999 on a piece of ploughed ground recovered sherds of medieval and later pottery, glass, iron slag and pieces of clay pipe.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 921 943 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SW |
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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 | ST.DAVIDS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SW/295/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Keene, B., 1999, Exeter University Sites 1 and 2 (Un-published). SDV365799.
Two sites on the Exeter University Campus were fieldwalked by Dr V. Maxfield and members of the Tiverton Archaeology Group (TAG) in March and April 1999.
Site 1, a piece of ploughed ground circa 100msq, with weathered clay soil, was walked on 31st March 1999. In addition to finds of worked and unworked flint and chert, the fieldwalking also recovered sherds of medieval and later pottery (see below), glass including many sherds of green Onion bottles, 6 lumps of iron slag, 28 pieces of clay pipe stems and 1 bowl sherd.
The pottery included 2 sherds of medieval pot, 1 Scratch Blue pot, 19 sherds of German stoneware (Westerwald, Frechen and Rheren), 5 sherds of Bristol/Stafford pressed ware, 6 sherds of porcelain, many sherds of South Somerset earthenware and some possibly from East Devon.
Bonnington, P., 1999, Field walking at Exeter University (Personal Comment). SDV25600.
Fieldwalking on 31st March 1999 recovered a large sherd scatter associated with a flint scatter. The scatter consisted of 2 sherds of medieval pot, many sherds of post-medieval pot including 1 sherd of Scratch Blue pot, 19 sherds of German stoneware (Westerwald, Frechen and Rheren), 5 sherds of Bristol/Stafford pressed ware and sherds from South Somerset and possibly East Devon earthenware (information from B. Keene).
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
The area has now been built over.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV25600 | Personal Comment: Bonnington, P.. 1999. Field walking at Exeter University. Digital. |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV365799 | Un-published: Keene, B.. 1999. Exeter University Sites 1 and 2. A4 Stapled + Digital. [Mapped feature: #38626 Location taken from the annotated map attached to the report(s)., ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV60437 | Related to: Flint and chert scatter off Rennes Drive, Exeter University Campus (Monument) |
Associated Finds
- FDV8368 - SLAG (Early Iron Age to XIX - 700 BC to 1900 AD)
- FDV8366 - SHERD (Early Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2013 AD)
- FDV8367 - PIPE (SMOKING) (XVI to XIX - 1501 AD to 1900 AD)
- FDV8369 - SHERD (XVIII - 1701 AD to 1800 AD)
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 6 2023 5:09PM |
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