Land at East Culme House, Cullompton, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Trench Evaluation

An archaeological trench evaluation was undertaken by AC archaeology during August and September 2025 on land at East Culme House, Cullompton, Devon. The evaluation comprised the machine excavation of 48 trenches totaling 1440m in length with each 2m wide. These were positioned to target anomalies identified by a previous geophysical survey, as well as in what were thought to be 'blank' areas. The evaluation has returned low level results, with only a few archaeological features exposed along with a small number of artefacts recovered. Late prehistoric finds comprise a small assemblage of residual worked flint indicating low level background use of the area during prehistory. One isolated shallow pit, although not producing any artefacts, did contain charred hazelnut shells which may indicate that it is of prehistoric date. The majority of the archaeology is undated, but comprises mainly linear features which are probably agricultural field boundary and drainage ditches.