Source/Archive record SEM8728 - BG226: Edgcott, Exford, Minehead, Somerset - Archaeological monitoring and recording

Context One Heritage & Archaeology (C1) carried out archaeological monitoring and recording during the construction of a replacement water main at Edgcott, Exford, Minehead, Somerset. The project was commissioned by Wessex Water plc (WW) under a Term Agreement with C1. The monitoring and recording was requested by the Exmoor National Park Authority (ENPA) Historic Environment Service as sections of open-cut trenching was likely to coincide with the former remains of a post-medieval mill leat and water meadows identified on historic maps. These are recorded on the ENPA Historic Environment Record. A change in excavation methodology in the area of the former leat around Egcot Mill meant that no groundworks took place in the locations where it may have been identified. Topsoil removal in the region of the former water meadows revealed ragged areas of darker soil within the subsoil and it is possible that these relate to silted gutters although they had no discernible depth when machine-excavated for the pipe trench.