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Land off Molesworth Street, Trevena, Tintagel, Cornwall: findings of a geophysical survey |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Historic Environment Projects was requested by Trelawney Estates to undertake a geophysical survey of a site off Molesworth Street, Tintagel. A rapid desk-based assessment carried out for the purposes of this report indicated that the site formed part of the historic pattern of burgage plots associated with the planned medieval settlement of Trevena, established in the early thirteenth century. A medieval chapel and the site of a building reputed to be a priest's house formerly lay immediately to the north of the site. No archaeological or historic features are known within the site and no previous archaeological investigations are known to have taken place, although the archaeological potential of the area of former burgage plots has been said to be significant. The unfavourable condition of the site - it was partly covered by scrub and trees, disused structures and fencing, demolition debris and quantities of litter and rubbish - meant that the magnetometer survey could only be carried out over a limited area. The presence of strongly magnetic debris potentially limited the effectiveness of the survey for detecting buried features of archaeological interest. |
Author: |
G Kirkham
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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: |
2014
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Land off Molesworth Street, Tintagel |
Parish: |
TINTAGEL |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Molesworth Street Tintagel |
Grid Reference: 205680, 88300 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-178026 |
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A4 format, double sided, 24pp, full colour, Word and PDF formats
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |