Thorpe, C. (2013). Quintrell Downs, Kier Area, Newquay, Cornwall, Archaeological Watching Brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1022838. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Quintrell Downs, Kier Area, Newquay, Cornwall, Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The archaeological recording at Quintrell Downs did not lead to the recording of any closely datable features. Seven isolated pits werenoted of which only pit [11] produced any evidence for dating in the form of a small undiagnostic flint blade. Although the blade is not in itself diagnostic, the fact that it was manufactured from black nodular flint, means that it is possibly of Neolithic date (circa 4000 - 2500 cal BC); as that is when nodular flint is known to have been obtained from communities in east Devon. None of the other pits can be dated. Many examples of similar pits and pit groups have been found in Cornwall, including several along the North Cornwall STW Pipeline (HES 2011), where excavated pits produced radiocarbon dates varying from the Neolithic through to the early medieval period. The nature of the activity associated with the pits is uncertain on present evidence. It is also possible that some of the pits may be natural tree throws, or of a much later date, and were dug when the site was used for the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show in 1951. The modern machine cut ditches within Field 1, and the compacted spread of china clay waste seen within Fields 2 and 3 that appeared to form an area of hard standing or trackway may well be features related to when these fields were utilised for the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show in 1951. No other features of archaeological interest were seen over the area of the site, and no artefacts were collected. It was concluded that the development had very little or no impact on any significant buried remains apart from those reported above.
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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:		 2013
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Site: Quintrell Downs
Parish: COLAN
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Royal Cornwall
Location - Auto Detected: Devon None
Location - Auto Detected: North Cornwall
Location - Auto Detected: Cornwall
Grid Reference: 184776, 60115 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) Flint (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
Neolithic Date Circa 4000 2500 Cal Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-157215
OBIB: Report No: 2013R067
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016