Ratcliffe, J. (1995). Duckpool, Morwenstow: a Romano-British and early medieval industrial site and harbour. Cornish Archaeol 34. Vol 34, pp. 80-171.
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Duckpool, Morwenstow: a Romano-British and early medieval industrial site and harbour | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cornish Archaeol 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cornish Archaeology | ||||||||||||||||||||
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34 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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80 - 171 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Discovered in 1983, this predominantly industrial RB settlement was the subject of a 1992 evaluation excavation. Radiocarbon dates and artefactual evidence indicated that it was also occupied in early medieval times. In the RB period the site appears to have been a specialist secondary metalworking area, involved in the casting of lead, pewter, and possibly also copper alloy objects. The unusual activity of extracting dye from dog whelks apparently also took place. A human jawbone may indicate contemporary graves in the vicinity. There is a major assemblage of South Devon ware pottery. Metalworking ceased in the early medieval period, and although the site continued to be industrial in character, the exact nature of activity is unknown. There are specialist reports on: `The pottery' by Henrietta Quinnell (120--9); `Coins' by John Davies (129--30); `Iron objects' (130--2) and `Copper alloy objects' (132--4) both by Henrietta Quinnell; `Stone' by Henrietta Quinnell & Roger Taylor (134--5); `Flint' by Henrietta Quinnell (135--6); `Human bone' by Steven Strongman (136); `Animal bone' by Adrienne Powell & Dale Sarjeantson (136--42); `Marine molluscs' by Janice Light (142--52); `Land molluscs' by Mark Robinson (152--5); `Plant macrofossils' by Vanessa Straker (155--8); `Charcoal' by Rowena Gale (158); `Soils' by Matthew Canti (159); `Technological evidence' by Catherine Mortimer (159--62) including an appendix (162) on material received after completion of the main report; and `Radiocarbon dates' by Alex Bayliss (162--5); Finally, there is an `Appendix: details of the site archive' (170--1). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |
