EDO7120 - A37 road improvements north of Evershot near Holywell crossroads (Area 1); evaluation 1992

Archaeological assessment by AC archaeology of two areas adjacent to the A37, in advance of widening and other road improvements. Area 1 consisted of an area of 6750m² in an area of no other archaeological sites or finds. In Area 1, the assessment consisted of six mechanically excavated trenches using a wheeled JCB with a toothless 1.5m bucket. The trenches had a total length of 245m, and each was 1.5m wide. One archaeological feature was detected in this area, a circular pit. This contained a flint flake, sherds of possible Bronze Age pottery and a possible Middle Bronze Age Urn. Also in the pit were burnt bone and burnt flint. A small quantity of finds was also recovered from the spoil heaps, in the for of post-Medieval pottery fragments, and a single retouched flake was recovered from topsoil in trench 4. In area 2, a single trench was excavated, with a shallow topsoil of 250mm average depth. No archaeological finds or features were identified from this trench. The total area observed in Areas 1 and 2 were approximately 4% and 18% of the development area respectively.