Shepherd's Farm, Clyst St. Mary, Devon, Evaluation

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology in April 2014 at Shepherd's Farm, Clyst St Mary, Devon. A total of eight trenches was excavated. A north/south aligned ditch, containing pottery of 3rd to 4th century AD date and possibly representing a former field boundary, was encountered within the northern part of the site. It was cut by an adjacent tree throw pit which also contained pottery of 3rd to 4th century AD date, along with a residual worked flint scraper of probable Bronze Age date. North-east/south-west aligned ditches associated with two former field boundaries, one of which was depicted on the 1839 Clyst St Mary tithe map and later OS map editions, were also recorded.