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Summary

Two intercutting pits, both containing pottery of Early Bronze Age date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Royal Albert Memorial Museum Accession Number: 162/2009

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PIT (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC) + Sci.Date

Full description

Farnell, A. + Quinnell, H., 2010, Archaeological Recording at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe, Devon: Phase 5/6, 2-4, Figs 3-5, plates 3-4; Appendix 3 (Report - Watching Brief). SDV347619.

Two intercutting pits, exposed during topsoil stripping in advance of quarrying of phases 5 and 6 at Town Farm, towards the north-west extent of the site. The earlier of the two was approximately circular in plan and measured 0.96 metres across, and was 0.2 metres deep. A total of 16 Bronze Age sherds were recovered from the fills. The later pit was positioned to the east of the earlier, and measured 0.86 metres across, and was 0.28 metres deep. A total of 9 Bronze Age sherds were recovered from the fills, and radiocarbon dates obtained from samples of charcoal provided an Early Bronze Age date. This indicates that they were broadly contemporary with or slightly preceding the burnt mound site to the south, excavated in 2003. Map object based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Map object based on this Source.

Farnell, A. + Quinnell, H., 2012, Further Prehistoric Activity at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe, 63-65 (Article in Serial). SDV361557.

Excavations at Town Farm Quarry revealed two intercutting pits (120 and 123) Early Bronze Age pits representing an eastwards extension of the Bronze Age activity and the burnt mounds found in 2005. The earlier pit (123) was broadly circular, 960 millimetres across and 200 millimetres deep. Its fill contained 15 sherds of Bronze Age pottery. Pit 120 was of similar size and shape and contained 9 sherds of Bronze Age pottery. Carbonised hazelnut shells from the pits returned calibrated radiocarbon dates of between 1890BC and 1620BC.
See report for further details.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV1885 - SHERD (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Events

• EDV5189 - Archaeological Recording at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe

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