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| HER Number: | MDV75089 |
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| Name: | Slag Mound 330 metres north-north-west of Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell |
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Summary
Iron slag mound approximately 15 metres by 20 metres on a steep slope. Radiocarbon dated between 1st and 5th centuries AD.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 160 091 |
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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 | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SLAG (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD) + Sci.Date
Full description
Holder, R., 15/01/1995, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV109569.
Two sites of slag finds at bywood farm. Exact location not known.
Wiecken, J., 2003, Report of the watching brief at Bywood Farm (Report - Watching Brief). SDV341875.
The mound was cut by a path which in 2003 showed a section with tapped slag and furnace lining forming a distinct red speckled layer below the topsoil. Charcoal samples were collected for radiocarbon dating. Other details: Feature 4.
Wiecken, J., 2004, Iron Working in the Blackdown Hills, 6-7 (Report - Excavation). SDV341926.
Iron slag mound approximately 15 metres by 20 metres on a steep slope. Excavation revealed 3 layers of furnace lining and iron slag. Radiocarbon dated between 1st and 5th centuries AD. Other details: Feature 4.
Hawken, S., 2005, A Report on the Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell, Blackdown Hills, Devon, 12, 27 (Report - Survey). SDV341921.
Iron slag mound approximately 15 metres by 20 metres on a steep slope. This is 530 metres north of 1st/2nd century iron slag and 150 metres south of 8th/9th century iron working. Other details: Feature 4.
Cox, M., 2009, How Important were the Blackdown Hills as a Centre for the Iron Industry before the Industrial Revolution, 15, Table 4.1, Fig. 4.5 (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV359500.
Charcoal samples taken during fieldwork in the 1990s returned a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD664-889. Subsequent investigations of two mounds of iron slag [Feature 3 to south of farm and Feature 4 to the north] which included quantities of tap slag and furnace lining suggested smelting activity during the Roman period. A calibrated radiocarbon date of 10BC-AD330 was returned from charcoal samples from Feature 4. These dates are confirmed by palaeoenvironmental evidence which suggests a period of woodland management from the Late Iron Age with spikes in charcoal production in the 1st-2nd century AD and again in the later Saxon period.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV109569 | Correspondence: Holder, R.. 15/01/1995. |
| SDV341875 | Report - Watching Brief: Wiecken, J.. 2003. Report of the watching brief at Bywood Farm. Community Landscapes Project Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV341921 | Report - Survey: Hawken, S.. 2005. A Report on the Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell, Blackdown Hills, Devon. Community Landscapes Project Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 12, 27. |
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| SDV341926 | Report - Excavation: Wiecken, J.. 2004. Iron Working in the Blackdown Hills. Community Landscapes Project Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6-7. |
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| SDV359500 | Undergraduate Dissertation: Cox, M.. 2009. How Important were the Blackdown Hills as a Centre for the Iron Industry before the Industrial Revolution. University of Exeter Dissertation. Digital. 15, Table 4.1, Fig. 4.5. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV53351 | Related to: Slag from Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
| MDV67545 | Related to: Slag Mound south east of Bywood Farm, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4440 - Field survey at Bywood Farm
- EDV4442 - Excavation at Bywood Farm
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 16 2022 10:04AM |
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