The Archaeology of the South-West Reinforcement Gas Pipeline, Devon

by Andrew Mudd and Stuart Joyce

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Archaeological work ahead of pipeline construction in East and South Devon led to the excavation of over thirty sites spanning the earlier Neolithic to early modern times. Early features included a wide scatter of pits dating to the Neolithic and Beaker periods (c. 3700–2000 BC), and a variety of Middle Bronze Age features that included evidence for land division in the Otter valley and South Devon. Iron Age activity was relatively uncommon but included iron smelting near Dartington in South Devon and piecemeal settlement more widely.

Later remains included evidence for a hillslope enclosure close to the River...Read more
  • ISBN10 0955353475
  • ISBN13 9780955353475
  • Publish Date 30 November 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 213
  • Language English