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HER Number: | MDV124809 |
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Name: | Kiln, 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham |
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Summary
Possible drying kiln or oven structure identified by an area of intensive burning excavated during a watching brief.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 960 886 |
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Map Sheet: | SX98NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Exeter |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | TOPSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DRYING KILN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Pye, A., 2011, 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham: Watching Brief (Report - Watching Brief). SDV362773.
A watching brief was undertaken by the Exeter City Council Archaeology Officer, during development of the site.
The presence of intensive burning, including ash, together with its relatively limited extent/footprint, suggests that this was an oven structure or a drying kiln, rather than a stoking area for example (as there were no related structural remains in the adjoining trenches). There was a compete lack of an any slag or wasters (ruling it out as a ceramics kiln or industrial furnace), an also there were no visibly identifiable seeds for example in the ash layer.
Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV362729 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #115213 ] |
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SDV362773 | Report - Watching Brief: Pye, A.. 2011. 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham: Watching Brief. Exeter City Council. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV124810 | Related to: Artefact Scatter, 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham (Monument) |
MDV124808 | Related to: Site of possible Roman building, 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8020 - Watching Brief: 5 Belvedere Close, Topsham
Date Last Edited: | Jan 23 2019 3:39PM |
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