| ID: | SDV361599 |
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| OASIS ID: | cotswold2-316730 |
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| Title: | Land at Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. Archaeological Evaluation |
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| Originator: | Orellana, J. + Clarke, P. |
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| Date: | 2018 |
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| Summary: | In November 2017, an archaeological evaluation of land at Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon was undertaken. A total of 36 trenches was excavated within the survey area, of which 13 contained no archaeological features. It was evident that the archaeological remains recorded in the other trenches had been truncated to varying degrees by later activity (e.g. ploughing). The evaluation recorded several archaeological features, mainly located in three concentrations in the northern half of the survey area; these concentrations apparently comprise localised areas of Roman and medieval activity. A small number of outlying and isolated ditches and pits were also recorded; these are typical of scattered remains associated with agricultural exploitation. A possible road or trackway was recorded in the northern part of the survey area, sealing an Early Neolithic posthole. This road is potentially Roman in date, although a later origin cannot be ruled out. The evaluation also recorded ditches associated with a Roman bivallate oval enclosure and an adjacent square enclosure, both of which had been noted by a previous geophysical survey. A medieval sub-circular enclosure ditch was recorded, as was a further possible example in the near vicinity.
The evaluation recorded a number of undated isolated ditches and pits. Of these, some were clearly associated with the extant field system (and are therefore post-medieval or later in date), but the ditches in the north-western part of the survey area appeared to be on a different alignment to the extant system and may therefore be earlier in origin, potentially representing agricultural practices associated with the Roman and medieval activity recorded in that part of the survey area. |
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| DOI (permanent link): | https://doi.org/10.5284/1048935 |
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| MDV122616 | Agricultural Features, Land at Woolwell, Bickleigh, Plymouth (Monument) |
| MDV126985 | Extractive pit northwest of Pick Pie Plantation, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122582 | Iron Age Bivallate Oval Enclosure, north of Hursley Bungalows, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122610 | Natural Feature, north of Hursley Business Park, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122653 | Neolithic Pit, east of Lower Leigh, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122735 | Pit, east of Pick Pie Plantation (Monument) |
| MDV122752 | Pit, near Darklake, Woolwell, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122660 | Pit, west of Blackeven Hill, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122733 | Pits, Bickleigh Down, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122665 | Pits, east of Carron Lane, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122734 | Pits, north of Pick Pie Plantation, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122657 | Pits, west of Bickleigh House, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV126984 | Rectilinear enclosure east of Pick Pie Plantation, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122599 | Ring Ditch, Bickleigh Down, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122591 | Ring Ditches, Bickleigh Down, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122650 | Roman Road, adjacent New Road and Carron Lane, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122586 | Small Square Enclosure, north of Hursley Bungalows, Bickleigh (Monument) |
| MDV122576 | Square Enclosure, south-east of Lower Leigh (Monument) |
| MDV122655 | Sub-circular Enclosure, west of Bickleigh House. (Monument) |