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Kiln at Tregonning Hill Brickworks, Breage, Cornwall, Archaeological excavation, watching brief and updated historic building record |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Cornwall Archaeological Unit , Cornwall Council were commissioned by PDP Green Consulting Limited on behalf of Roger Benney to carry out an archaeological excavation and watching brief/controlled strip at a Grade II listed beehive Scrivener kiln at Tregonning Hill, Breage, the only remaining building associated with the former 19th century Tregonning Hill Brick Works. This work follows the completion of an historic building record of the kiln (Sturgess 2013) which recommended that an archaeological excavation should take place prior to the repair and rebuilding . Since a decision was made to rebuild ruined areas of the kiln by reusing collapsed masonry that lay scattered in an earth matrix both inside and outside of the building, an excavation and watching brief became a requirement. The kiln, originally constructed for firing bricks, is located at NGR SW 6049 2993. The building record, excavation and watching brief were carried out in advance of consolidation work, to stabilise and protect the structure, as part of a Higher Level Stewardship agreement entered into by the Benny family with Natural England. The kiln, which now stands alone in a field on the north-east slopes of the hill, was originally built as part of the Tregonning Hill China Clay and Brick Works established in the early 1870s. The kiln is likely to have been in use as part of the brickworks for a period of approximately thirty five years before its abandonment. The excavation and watching brief have provided substantial information regarding the design, construction and layout of the kiln revealing the location of its adjoining chimney and flue as well as the entrance to the stoking chamber and details of the internal floor and below-floor structure. The granite and brick structure with its original domed roof (for the most part intact) is a fine example of a 19th century beehive Scrivener kiln, once common in Cornwall, but now becoming increasingly rare. |
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J Sturgess
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Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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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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Tregonning Hill brick kiln |
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BREAGE |
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Cornwall |
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Cornwall |
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England |
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Cornwall |
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Tregonning Hill Breage |
Grid Reference: 160490, 29930 (Easting, Northing)
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cornwall2-196358 |
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A4 bound document
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |