Sharpe, A. (2017). Penzance Park and Rise, Cornwall: archaeological watching brief. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1044567. Cite this using datacite Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Penzance Park and Rise, Cornwall: archaeological watching brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Cornwall Archaeological Unit was commissioned by CORMAC Contracting to undertake an archaeological watching brief on an area of land at Eastern Green, Penzance which is to be developed as a Park and Ride facility. The site is part of an area backing Mounts Bay which had been reclaimed from marshland. Peat deposits underlie this area and have been identified as having significant potential to provide material for paeloenvironmental analysis. Ground levels locally are about 4.5m OD and were raised to this level through the deposition of landfill material during the 20th century. The area was most recently used as the carpark for Penzance Heliport from 1964 to 2012 when this facility was closed down. Given that the majority of the new park and ride facility site is to be built up above pre-existing levels to minimise flood risk as a result of climate change the opportunities to record and sample below ground deposits were very limited. The excavation of a sewerage trench to a maximum of 1.3m below ground level bottomed on a layer of natural clay at the base of the landfill material; the peat deposits were not exposed.
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Author:		 A Sharpe
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Publisher:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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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:		 2017
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Site: Penzance former Heliport
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: LUDGVAN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 148703, 31401 (Easting, Northing)
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WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-278871
OBIB: 2017R019
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Note:		 A4 double sided, full colour, 20pp, comb bound. Word and PDF formats.
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Created Date:		 06 Nov 2017