Editing Cullompton (section)

===Roman period===
[[File:Cullompton, by Longlands Lane 2 - geograph.org.uk - 1618284.jpg|thumb|upright|Excavations on site near Shortlands lane]]
On St Andrew's Hill, to the north-west of Cullompton town centre, two Roman forts were discovered in 1984 by [[aerial photography]] carried out for Devon County Council. The earlier, smaller fort (the boundary ditches of which showed up in [[cropmark]]s) was later replaced by a second, larger fort. The ramparts of this second fort are preserved on two sides as modern field boundaries with substantial earthen banks with hedges on top. The banks on the other two sides were removed shortly before the site was recognised as Roman. The site was made a [[scheduled monument]] in 1986. The aerial photography also revealed two subsidiary military enclosures or annexes to each fort. In 1992 a [[Geophysical survey (archaeology)|geophysical survey]] was made of the fort and areas to the east and west and this was followed by a trial [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavation]] to the west of the site. These confirmed the existence of two forts, and the ditch of the second fort was excavated. Pottery from the site was dated from around 50–70 AD, which is consistent with a previous date of before 75 AD based on finds from [[Archaeological field survey#Field walk .28transects.29|fieldwalking]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Trial excavation at the Roman Fort on St Andrew's Hill, Cullompton|last=Simpson|first=S.J.|author2=Griffith F.M. | journal = Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings|issue = 51|pages=149–159|year = 1993}}</ref> A Roman settlement near Shortlands Lane was excavated in 2009. A large quantity of Roman pottery, burial remains and fragments of [[hypocaust]] tile from the second and third century was found.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dig at heart of town sheds light on its Roman history| work = Culm Valley Gazette  | pages = 1, 27| date=15 December 2009}}</ref>