Thorpe, C. (2014). Tintagel castle Visitor Facilities, Trial trenching, Cornwall. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040153. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Tintagel castle Visitor Facilities, Trial trenching, Cornwall
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council (CAU) undertook a programme of archaeological recording for English Heritage during the excavation of trial trenches in advance of the development of new visitor facilities at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. Tintagel Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument . It is the site of a late Roman settlement of the 4th and 5th centuries AD; a major fortified citadel with trading links to the Mediterranean in the post-Roman period of the 5th to 7th centuries AD; and a medieval castle dating to the 13th century. A lead/silver mine known as King Arthur Mine located under the island operated in the 19th century, the Haven used for servicing the slate quarrying and fishing industries. Two trial trenches were dug within the valley leading to the Haven. Trial trench 1 is on the eastern side of the stream in front of the cafe (SX 05208 89009) at 22m OD, while Trial trench 2 is at the northwestern end of the current visitor centre and shop (SX 05189 89010) at 24m OD. Trial trench 3 was situated within the barbican (SX 05174 88898) at 62m OD (Fig 3). It was found that all the trenches were dug into 'made ground' the two in the valley confirming previous archaeological observations in the area that the site of the visitor facilities seems to have been created in the 19th century for the dressing and storage of slate before its shipment from Tintagel Haven. The trench in the barbican confirmed that the mound of soil at this locationn was a store of topsoil and other material derived from works within the Upper and Lower Wards done in 1998/9 by English Heritage. No other features of archaeological interest were recorded and it appears that within the areas of the trial pits any proposed future works would have very little or no impact on any significant buried remains.
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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:		 2014
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Site: Tintagel Castle Visitor Facilities
Parish: TINTAGEL
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Tintagel Castle Cornwall Tintagel Castle
Location - Auto Detected: Lower Wards
Grid Reference: 205079, 89035 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
5th Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
5th To 7th Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
Postroman (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-189401
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Note:		 Bound A4 archive report
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016