Thorpe, C. (2011). Higher bal, St Agnes, Cornwall: Archaeological Watching Brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1012186. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Higher bal, St Agnes, Cornwall: Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1012186
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 HE Projects was commissioned by Caroline Nickson of Hyder Consulting Ltd on behalf of South West Water to undertake a programme of archaeological recording ahead of the construction of a sewer pipeline, part of a foul sewer scheme at Higher Bal, St Agnes . The pipeline was approximately 640m long, with the stripped corridor being 5m wide. Much of the length of the pipeline passed along the route of an existing road so the watching brief concentrated on a stretch of approximately 75m in length where it crossed a field at the western end. The area through which the pipeline passed has been designated as an Area of Great Historic Value, it is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is within the Heritage Coast area. It also falls within the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage site. An archaeological watching brief was undertaken where the pipeline route left the road. The area stripped for a site compound was also to be included. A trench for a modern water pipe was exposed close to the entrance on the south east side of the pipeline corridor. This was the only feature to be uncovered. The deposits of mining waste observed within some of the sections were the only indication that mining activity had occurred within the vicinity. The fact that these deposits had been sealed by clay and covered by a well developed ploughsoil suggests that this field had been enclosed by the time of the 1840 Tithe map after an episode of mining. No other features of archaeological interest were recorded over the area of the site and the development had 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:		 2011
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Site: Higher Bal Farm
Parish: ST AGNES
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Grid Reference: 171081, 50998 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) Mining (Monus)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-106171
OBIB: 2011R087
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Note:		 A4 Archive report.
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016