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Mounts Bay School, Penzance, Cornwall |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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cornwall2-95050_1.pdf (11 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
HE Projects was commissioned by A P Thompson Sports Engineering Limited to undertake archaeological monitoring during groundwork in advance of the construction of new sports pitches at Mounts Bay School, Heamoor, near Penzance (centred at SW 45703 31315). A geophysical survey of the area had been carried out (GSB 2008; Jones 2008) and an earlier watching brief that revealed a few archaeological features (Fleming 2009). The fieldwork succeeded in locating most of the geophysical features. The linear feature was identified as a couple of parallel ditches the character of which suggests that they were originally associated with field boundaries or hedges, No archaeological dating evidence was obtained from these ditches; however the field boundary they represent appears on both the 1840s tithe map and the 1880 OS map so it is probably of earlier post-medieval origin perhaps associated with the farm at Luthergwearne. Several of the other geophysical anomalies turned out to be burnt areas of modern origin including possibly the crash site of a Bristol Beaufort aircraft in 1941. A dense concentration of land drains encountered in the project area attest to this area having once been marshland as suggested by the name of the nearby medieval farm of Luthergwearne, that bears the Cornish language elements meaning the 'steep slope' of the 'alder-swamp'. Finally, a Neolithic artefact scatter consisting of some 30 flints and 6 other pieces of stonework was located at SW 4571131359. No other features of archaeological interest were recorded over the area of the site and the development had very little or no impact on any significant buried remains. |
Author: |
C Thorpe
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2011
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Mounts Bay School |
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MADRON |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 145703, 31315 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-95050 |
OBIB: |
2011R026 |
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A4 Archive Report
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Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |