| ID: | SDV364612 |
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| OASIS ID: | oakforda1-428562 |
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| Title: | All Saints Church, Okehampton, West Devon: Monitoring and Recording |
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| Originator: | Wooton, M. + Steinmetzer, M. |
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| Date: | 2021 |
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| Summary: | An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by Oakford Archaeology in August 2021 at the
Church of All Saints, Okehampton, Devon (SX 5817 9510). The church is a grade II* listed building
and was extensively rebuilt in 1842-4 in the Perpendicular style by the local architect John Hayward of Exeter. Inspection of the works exposed a 0.1m thick layer of decayed tarmac (100) overlying natural subsoil consisting of a mid yellow clay and shillet (101). In line with the north elevation of the west tower the natural subsoil was truncated by mid yellowish brown silty clay (102). This contained disarticulated human bone and has been interpreted as a charnel soil. |
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| DOI (permanent link): | https://doi.org/10.5284/1098130 |
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