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Archaeological Investigation at Hartland, Devon ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT HARTLAND, DEVON EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT MARCH 2009 A Report for The Hartland Society ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION AT HARTAND, DEVON By Penny Cunningham PhD With contributions by Stephen Hobbs, David Miller, Tim Robinson, Catherine Griffiths and Henrietta Quinnell March 2009 2 Acknowledgements Thanks are due to Sir Hugh and Lady Stucley for giving permission to conduct geophysical surveys and an evaluation excavation and to the tenant farmers Mr and Mrs Davey. The Warren is also under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and additional thanks go to Simon Tame of Natural England for giving permission to conduct the evaluation excavation. A big thanks is also due to Stephen and Liz Hobbs for all the help in organising the geophysical surveys, excavation and volunteers. Without their support and enthusiasm none of this work would have been possible. The geophysical survey was undertaken by a number of people and thanks are due to Sean Hawken and David Miller. Thanks are also due to additional geophysical surveying undertaken by David Miller and Tim Robinson (Hartland Abbey). The excavation benefited from the hard work of a large number of people, in particular, Sam Walls, Wendy Howard, and Becky Miller who all worked tirelessly to ensure a high standard was maintained throughout the excavation. Alison Mills from Barnstaple Museum gave advice and support during the excavation and also provided help with the school activities. Thanks also go to Bill Horner and Francis Griffiths for all their sound advice during the planning stage. Jonathan Bray, Simon Hogg, Peter Jones, Dean McMullen, Harry West-Taylor and Fiona Reading helped with the post excavation work, especially with the illustrations. Graham Langham, Henrietta Quinnell and Alison Mills for identifying the pottery and Bruce Bradley for examining a flint artefact. Historical research was provided by Stephen Hobbs. Thanks are also due to those who gave lots of advice and support in many aspects of this project including Catherine Griffiths, Keith Johnson, Faye Simpson, Sam Walls and Imogen Wood. As a community archaeology project, the geophysical survey and excavation would not have been half as much fun without the support of the local community, The Hartland Society, North Devon Archaeological Society and all the volunteers who took time out of their normal routine to help. The views and recommendations expressed in this report are those of the projects team and are presented in good faith on the basis of professional judgement and on information currently available. Cover illustration Resting during a geophysical survey at The Warren, Hartland, 2008 (Photograph by Stephen Hobbs) No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher. 3 Contents List of Figures and Tables 6 Abbreviations 6 1 Summary .............................................................................................................. 8 2 The Manorial and Monastic Estates of Hartland by Stephen Hobbs ................ 9 2.1 Manorial ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Monastic: ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.3 Further Investigations undertaken ............................................................................. 12 2.4 Footnotes ....................................................................................................................... 13 2.5 Bibliography ................................................................................................................... 14 3 Geophysical survey of Higher Warren Hill and Sheeplace, Stoke Barton Farm, Hartland by David Miller .......................................................................................... 15 3.1 Higher Warren Hill (Area 1) ....................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.1.2 Results and Interpretation (Figure 10) ............................................................................................. 15 3.2 Sheeplace (Area 2) ........................................................................................................ 15 3.2.1 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 15 3.2.2 Results and Interpretation (Figure 10) ............................................................................................. 16 4 Geophysical Survey: Hartland Abbey by Tim Robinson .................................. 17 4.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 17 4.3 Results ............................................................................................................................ 18 4.3.1 Results and interpretation- West lawn (Figure 14) ......................................................................... 18 4.3.2 Results and interpretation – East lawn (Figure 14) ........................................................................ 18 4.4 Discussion and conclusion .......................................................................................... 19 5 Resistivity Survey of the east lawn, Hartland Abbey by Stephen Hobbs .......... 20 5.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 21 5.3 Results and Interpretation (Figures 12-16) ............................................................. 21 6 Geophysical survey: The Warren ....................................................................... 22 6.1 Summary ........................................................................................................................ 22 6.2 Aims ................................................................................................................................ 22 6.3 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 22 6.4 Results (Figure 7) .......................................................................................................... 23 6.5 Discussion ...................................................................................................................... 23 7 Evaluation Excavation: The Warren, Hartland ................................................. 25 4 7.1 Aims ............................................................................................................................... 25 7.2 Methods ......................................................................................................................... 25 7.2.1 Evaluation trench ................................................................................................................................ 26 7.2.2 Collection and processing of finds ................................................................................................... 26 7.2.3 Environmental Sampling Strategy .................................................................................................... 26 7.3 Results ............................................................................................................................ 26 7.3.1 Box section 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 27 7.3.1.1 Post hole [8] (Figures 21, 22 and 26) ......................................................................... 27 7.3.2 Box Section 2 ...................................................................................................................................... 27 7.3.2.1 Pit [4] (Figures and) .................................................................................................. 27 7.3.3 Box Section 3 ...................................................................................................................................... 28 7.3.4 Charred plant remains ........................................................................................................................ 28 7.4 Discussion and conclusion .......................................................................................... 28 7.5 Recommendations ........................................................................................................ 29 7.6 Project archive .............................................................................................................. 29 8 Bibliography ...................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 1 ................................................................................................................ 63 9 Pottery Identification by Henritta Quinnell ........................................................ 63 Appendix 2 ...............................................................................................................
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