BEAR'S DOWN TO RUTHVOES SOUTH WEST WATER PIPELINE
Description: Cornwall Arch. Unit project no.: 8067. Watching brief undertaken along the line of a South West Water pipeline. A geophysical survey was also carried out. Archaeological features observed include ditches, some from medieval field systems, stone alignments, pits, post holes, flint scatters and enclosures. Three significant site were discovered at Lanhainsworth; two ring ditches, a substantial ditch (possibly part of a later prehistoric enclosed settlement or round), and two substantial (probably medieval) pits. The work was funded by South West Water. The excavation of a Romano-British enclosure or round at Little Quoit Farm was part of this overall project; see UID 1300220 for details.
Year Start: 1998
Year End: 1998
Country: England
County: CORNWALL
District: CORNWALL
Parish: ST. ERVAN
Grid Reference:
SW8900080000
SW9200000000
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 189000, 80000
[EPSG:27700] 192000, 0
Period/Subject: UNCERTAIN - DITCH, MEDIEVAL - BOUNDARY DITCH, UNCERTAIN - PIT, UNCERTAIN - STONE ALIGNMENT, UNCERTAIN - POST HOLE, UNCERTAIN - HEDGE BANK, UNCERTAIN - HEDGE BANK, LATER PREHISTORIC - RING DITCH, LATER PREHISTORIC - ENCLOSED SETTLEMENT, MEDIEVAL - PIT, BRONZE AGE - BARROW
Intervention Type: WATCHING BRIEF
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: 1300213
[ADS] Import RCN: EHNMR-1300213
People Involved:
[Publisher] Historic England
[Creator] Cornwall Archaeological Unit
[Creator] National Monuments Record Centre
Bibliographic References:
- No. 7/1998-99, 30-31. Archaeology alive : a review of work by the Cornwall Archaological Unit.
- Lawson Jones, Anna/2001/Bear's Down to Ruthvoes, Cornwall: Archaeological Watching Brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit [assessment and evaluation reports].
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