Excavations on the Iron Age, Roman and early medieval site at Ipplepen continued this summer for an 8th successful year. Ipplepen is proving a remarkable site with features and finds suggesting that this may be more than a typical rural community. This year’s excavation, led by Exeter University, revealed two substantial four-post structures surrounded by gullies dating to the Late Iron Age-early Roman period. The structures are tentatively interpreted as raised granaries. Roman period ditches containing significant amounts of butchered cattle bone, suggesting beef production, were also found.
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