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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 Dart and an open settlement engaging
in pewter manufacture close to the River Avon, which were both
Roman in date. There was also a medieval sunken outbuilding near
Powderham containing charred cereals (believed to be a first for
Devon), as well as a cob linhay relating to the mapped 19th-century
rural landscape near Exton. Although none of the sites were
particularly rich in artefacts, more than fifty radiocarbon dates
have added considerably to our understanding of the changes in
human activity, land use and environment over the past 5,000 years
across these parts of Devon.
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