Taylor, S. R. (2014). Victoria Service Station, Cornwall Archaeological Mitigation Archive Report. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040944. Cite this using datacite

Title
Title
The title of the publication or report
Title:		 Victoria Service Station, Cornwall Archaeological Mitigation Archive Report
Series
Series
The series the publication or report is included in
Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
Downloads
Downloads
Any files associated with the publication or report that can be downloaded from the ADS
Downloads:
cornwall2-195615_1.pdf (6 MB) : Download
Licence Type
Licence Type
ADS, CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY 4.0 NC.
Licence Type:
ADS Terms of Use and Access icon
ADS Terms of Use and Access
DOI
DOI
The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5284/1040944
Publication Type
Publication Type
The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book
Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
Abstract
Abstract
The abstract describing the content of the publication or report
Abstract:		 The excavation was undertaken in the summer of 2013 and revealed three broad phases of activity on the site. A post-ring surrounding a central hearth and posthole, with several outlying pits was identified. The site had not been identified by the geophysical survey, largely because it comprised small features that would not have been detected by the survey. Artefacts recovered from this site dated the feature to the Bronze Age and it is likely to represent either a roundhouse or a timber circle. Two intersecting ditches at the eastern end of the site also contained artefacts dating to the Bronze Age. The smaller enclosure identified by the second geophysical survey (Stratascan 2013) to the north of the post-ring was revealed to be a working area surrounded on three sides by a penannular ditch. Activity within the enclosed area had resulted in a complex stratigraphy, evidence of intensive use of the site over some time. Two further working areas were identified to the west of this. The activity appeared to be industrial in nature but the precise nature of this has yet to be identified. Artefacts from these features date it to the Roman period. The large sub-oval enclosure identified by the first geophysical survey was confirmed as a ditched feature. No artefacts dating the enclosure were recovered but the similarity of the ditch profile to a ditch associated with a medieval deer park boundary that ran through the development suggested that the enclosure might represent a stock enclosure associated with it.
Author
Author
The authors of this publication or report
Author:		 Sean R Taylor
Publisher
Publisher
The publisher of the publication or report
Publisher:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
Other Person/Org
Other Person/Org
Other people or organisations for this publication or report
Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication
Year of Publication
The year the book, article or report was published
Year of Publication:		 2014
Locations
Locations
Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published.
Locations:
Site: Victoria Service Station
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: ROCHE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 199989, 62156 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods
Subjects / Periods associated with this record.
Subjects / Periods:
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) DEER PARK (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) ENCLOSURE (Monument Type England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) TIMBER CIRCLE (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
Identifiers
Identifiers
Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc.
Identifiers:
OASIS Id: cornwall2-195615
OBIB: 2014R081
Note
Note
Extra information on the publication or report.
Note:		 A4 archive report
Source
Source
Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in.
Source:
Source icon
OASIS (OASIS)
Relations
Relations
Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report
Relations:
Created Date
Created Date
The date the record of the pubication was first entered
Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017