Monument record MDO1475 - Brushwood drain, Well Plot, Yondover, Loders

The site of a waterlogged wooden structure reported as consisting of wooden stakes with wattle. Investigations in 1965 concluded that the feature was the remains of a brushwood drain of a type known to have been used locally in living memory.

[SY 49849391] 'A'. During the construction of the R.D.C. building site in April 1956 a Roman coin (Faustina II?), Roman pottery sherds, Samian, and black ware with smooth trellis pattern were found Also on the same site were 12th & 13th C. pottery sherds. [SY 49889387] 'B' Double row of posts 9" apart and a length of 12 1/2feet were also exposed at a depth of 2ft. 2ins. with flint flakes and wattle work. <1-2> Further investigation on the site in 1964 produced little of archaeological significance. There was evidence of stone-drains and it is suggested that the wooden stakes may well have been a brickwood drain of a type used locally within living memory. <3>

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