Archaeological monitoring and recording was undertaken by South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) at the request of Ecologia (the client) during the removal of contaminated soils for the replacement of a damaged oil tank at Jordan Manor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor, Devon (Figure 1). The work was undertaken on the 19th and 20th of May 2025 in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation (Boyd 2025) drawn up in consultation with the Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) Archaeologist. Topsoil (100) is heavily disturbed with a mix of modern plastics and slightly older finds such as the Blue Transfer print white refined earthenware's. Therefore this is likely a recently disturbed and deposited layer. The Flow Blue WRE found in (101) which seems to lay underneath the wall 105 could be an indication of the date the wall was built, possibly in the 1820s onward. However this could also be present due to root action or was deposited during the rebuilding of the boundary wall. No archaeological features were present in the excavated area.
M Paine (Wed,) studied this question.