Thorpe, C. (2014). Tintagel Island Trial Pits, Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, Scheduled Monument 1014793, Archaeological Watching Brief. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1026721. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Tintagel Island Trial Pits, Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, Scheduled Monument 1014793, Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 In February 2014 Historic Environment Projects, Cornwall Council (HE Projects) carried out archaeological recording on Tintagel Island where English Heritage were reinforcing a series of abseil anchor points on the southern and eastern sides of the island. Mitigation for this work involved the excavation of four trial pits in those areas considered most archaeologically sensitive in order to examine the nature of the ground to be affected. This was immediately outside the Inner Ward curtain wall. Tintagel is the site of a late Roman settlement (possibly the Durocornovio of the Ravenna Cosmography) of the 4th and 5th centuries AD; a major fortified citadel with trading links to the Mediterranean in the Post-Roman period of the 5th to end of 6th centuries; and a castle of the 13th century. The site was already a ruin by the late 16th century. The trial pitting appeared to confirm this was the site of a post-Roman terrace underlying the Medieval curtain wall with the lowest contexts encountered being interpreted as Period II occupation above an artificial rock cut terrace. A quantity of post-Roman imported Mediterranean pottery was recovered consisting of amphorae of varying categories (Bi, Bii, Biv and Bv), accompanied by a coarseware. The suite of material suggests a date c AD 550. No artefacts of medieval date were recovered, despite the pits being immediately adjacent to the curtain wall although a layer containing slate fragments and flecked with white mortar seen in the upper levels of the sections within Pits 1 to 3 may represent evidence for activity during this period, being possibly waste from the construction of the wall, or an episode of renovation, and re-pointing. The watching brief has emphasised the remarkable nature of the post-Roman occupation on the Island.
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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:		 2014
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Site: Tintagel Castle
Parish: TINTAGEL
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Island
Location - Auto Detected: Tintagel Island
Location - Auto Detected: Inner Ward curtain wall Tintagel
Grid Reference: 204942, 89090 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HARBOUR (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) MINE (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
6th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
5th Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Late 16th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
13th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-176745
OBIB: Report No: 2014R030
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Note:		 Bound A4 Archive Report.
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016