| PROJECT DETAILS | ||
| Project Name | Land at Island Farm, Ottery St Mary, Devon | |
| Short description (250 words maximum) | Archaeological excavations by Cotswold Archaeology at Island Farm, Ottery St Mary in 2014 yielded archaeological remains in four areas of the site. Most significantly were the remains of a medieval building that had apparently suffered fire damage and preserved evidence of its wooden structure and stored crops. It is interpretable as a long-house and contained evidence that it had been occupied by a tinker. In other areas were discovered pits of Mesolithic and Early Neolithic date, and several drainage ditches, some of which may have been prehistoric but most medieval and later. Some corresponded to 19th-century mapped field boundaries. | |
| Project dates | March – April 2014 | |
| Project type (e.g. desk-based, field evaluation etc) | Strip, map and sample excavation | |
| Previous work | Geophysical Survey (Pre-Construct Geophysics 2012) Evaluation (Cotswold Archaeology 2012 and 2013) Assessment Report (Cotswold Archaeology 2015) | |
| Future work | On-line publication and summary printed publication | |
| PROJECT LOCATION | ||
| Site Location | Land at Island Farm, Ottery St Mary, Devon | |
| Study area (M²/ha) | 8.6ha | |
| Site co-ordinates (8 Fig Grid Reference) | SY 0902 9503 | |
| PROJECT CREATORS | ||
| Name of organisation | Cotswold Archaeology | |
| Project Brief originator | East Devon District Council | |
| Project Design (WSI) originator | Cotswold Archaeology | |
| Project Manager | Laurent Coleman | |
| Project Supervisor | Charlotte Haines | |
| MONUMENT TYPE | Mesolithic/Neolithic Pits Medieval Building | |
| SIGNIFICANT FINDS | Bronze Age palstave, Medieval iron axe and 'cushion stone', charred botanical remains | |
| PROJECT ARCHIVES | Intended final location of archive (museum/Accession no.) | Content (e.g. pottery, animal bone etc) |
| Physical | Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter | RAMM: 14/19 Ceramics, animal bone, CBM, metal finds |
| Paper | Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter RAMM: 14/19 | Context sheets, matrices, drawings, report |
| Digital | Archaeology Data Service | Database, digital photos, report |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| Cotswold Archaeology 2018 Land at Island Farm, Ottery St. Mary, Devon: Publication Report for Internet Archaeology. CA report 17624. | ||
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