Source/Archive record SEM340937 - ENPHER Input Form: Archaeological monitoring during the installation of a water pipe at Lorna Doone Farm, Malmsmead, Brendon, Exmoor

Archaeological monitoring was undertaken by South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) at the request of the National Trust. The works consisted of monitoring during the installation of a water pipe for a water treatment plant at Lorna Doone Farm, Malmsmead, Brendon, Exmoor. The trench being monitored was a total of approx. 50m from a bore hole created 6.3m west of the building corner and ending at the front of the barn in the north-east, it measured 0.5m wide and up to 0.7m deep. A garden waste midden (103) was revealed approx. 6.6m north-east of the bore hole and 1.5m away from the building, which was a very dark grey-brown friable-soft silt. In total 6 service pipes and wires were encountered along the length of the trench, although no archaeological features were visible/ noted. A small assemblage of finds including several sherds of pottery, some of which may have come from local sources, such as Dunster; modern glass sherds; a modern ceramic tile fragment; a small brick fragment; two iron nails; and five fragments of animal bone, including a jaw with a single tooth.