HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

ID:SDV360988
Title:Bronze Age Burnt Mounds and Early Medieval Timber Structures at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe, Devon
Originator:Best, J. + Gent, T.
Date:2007
Summary:A multiperiod site was exposed during topsoil stripping at Town Farm Quarry in 2005. Surviving remains included two Bronze Age burnt mounds with timber troughs and pits and timber structures associated with a natural spring dating to the 7th century AD. A leather shoe of similar date was found in a hollowed tree trunk.

Associated Monuments (4)

MDV71570Burnt Mounds and Troughs at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe (Monument)
MDV77761Pits at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe (Monument)
MDV120185Shoe from Well at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe (Find Spot)
MDV71569Two 7th Century Wells at Town Farm Quarry, Burlescombe (Monument)