Land at Aylescott Farm, Burrington, Umberleigh, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Trial Trench Evaluation

An archaeological trial trench evaluation was carried out by AC archaeology on land at Aylescott Farm, Burrington, Umberleigh, Devon ahead of the construction of a new agricultural building. The trial trench evaluation comprised the machine excavation of five trenches totalling 100m in length and 1.8m wide. These were positioned to investigate two anomalies interpreted from a previous geophysical survey as well as the footprint of the proposed new building and associated landscaping. No archaeological features or deposits were exposed, and no finds were recovered. The targeted geophysical anomalies corresponded with geological variation. The trial trenching exposed only a simple agricultural topsoil sealing the natural subsoil. No evidence for pre-modern activity was present in this location.