Sturgess, J. (2012). Chymder Farm, Cury, Cornwall, Archaeological watching brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1017231. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Chymder Farm, Cury, Cornwall, Archaeological watching brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Historic Environment Projects (Cornwall Council) were commissioned by Sally Biddle to carry out an archaeological watching brief during groundworks associated with the creation of a new campsite at Chymder Farm to the west of Cury, near Helston located at NGR SW 6748 2139. This work was commissioned to fulfil a condition on planning application (PA12/00984). The proposed development area is located on agricultural land in an area where cropmarks plotted by the National Mapping Programme (NMP) indicate the presence of two prehistoric settlement enclosures and an associated field system. The settlement of Chymder itself is a medieval settlement which is first documented in 1356. The watching brief, carried out during the excavation of service trenches and an area for a septic tank and associated septic drain field revealed features which proved the validity of the plotted cropmarks and that indicated the presence of prehistoric settlement. A substantial ditch [16] was found to match the location, width and alignment of part of the prehistoric field system (HER Monument Number MCO49599) plotted by the NMP. Unfortunately no dating evidence was recovered from the fill (15). However, the fill (11) of a pit or posthole [12] did contain a single undiagnostic sherd of prehistoric pottery either Bronze Age, Iron Age or Romano-British in date. In addition , two sets of double, parallel ditches ([2] and [4] and [8] and [10]) were revealed in the eastern field. Both sets of ditches are likely to represent the ploughed out remains of post-medieval Cornish hedges.
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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: Chymder Farm, Cury
Parish: GUNWALLOE
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Cury near Helston
Location - Auto Detected: Chymder Farm
Grid Reference: 167480, 21390 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) Flint (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
1356 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Medieval (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-128060
OBIB: Report No. 2012R040
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Note:		 A4 bound document
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016