Sturgess, J. (2012). 32-32a St Stephens Hill, Launceston, Cornwall, Archaeological watching brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016816. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 32-32a St Stephens Hill, Launceston, Cornwall, Archaeological watching brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1016816
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Abstract:		 Historic Environment Projects (Cornwall Council) were commissioned by Graeme Barriball of Roundchase Ltd to carry out an archaeological watching brief during the construction of a new dwelling to the rear of 32 St Stephens Hill in Newport, Launceston located at NGR SX 32732 85342. The site lies within the medieval core of the settlement of Newport which is first recorded in 1250 (Gover, 1948). St Stephens Hill was clearly the original medieval route from the priory across St Thomas's Bridge to the village of St Stephens. Medieval burgage strips are shown on the 1748 Plan of the Borough of Newport by Launceston by J Wynne and the Tithe map of c1840 flanking either side of St Stephens Hill road, and many still survive. The frontage of the plot is occupied by two adjoining 18th century cottages, now combined to form a single Grade II listed house. The plot also lies immediately south of a 19th century Wesleyan chapel and Sunday School. The watching brief, carried out during clearance of the area within the footprint of the proposed house and the excavation of the new footings, revealed an early wall (4) along the southern property boundary. It seems likely that wall (4) is part of a post-medieval boundary. Another wall (3) was identified as a later insertion overlying a layer of buried garden soil (6) in the southern part of the site. This wall is possibly part of a small outbuilding aligned north-west south-east shown on the c1880 OS map. A layer of redeposited topsoil/garden soil containing demolition debris (2) covering the southern half of the site and associated with the 20th century levelling works was shown to contain moderate quantities of 17th 18th and 19th century domestic debris. No features, deposits or finds of prehistoric or medieval date were identified.
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Author:		 J Sturgess
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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:		 2012
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Site: 32-32a St Stephens Hill, Launceston, archaeological watching brief
Parish: LAUNCESTON
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: St Stephens Hill
Location - Auto Detected: Stephens Hill
Location - Auto Detected: St Thomass Bridge
Location - Auto Detected: Newport
Location - Auto Detected: Newport Launceston
Grid Reference: 232732, 85342 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WALL (Monument Type England)
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1748 (Auto Detected Temporal)
1250 (Auto Detected Temporal)
19th Century Wesleyan (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
17th 18th (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-124063
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Note:		 A4 bound document
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016