Thorpe, C. (2016). Worvas Farm, Ruan Minor, Cornwall. Archaeological Watching Brief.. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040027. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Worvas Farm, Ruan Minor, Cornwall. Archaeological Watching Brief.
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1040027
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Abstract:		 Watching brief in advance of construction of a barn and sand school. The watching brief at Worvas Farm, Ruan Minor did not lead to the discovery of any major archaeological features. Land drain [6] was the only archaeological feature to be recorded. Its size clearly reflects a major attempt at mitigating the waterlogged nature of the ground in this area. Unfortunately no dating evidence for this drain was found, however, it is possible that this was part of the attempt at reclaiming the ground for agriculture in the late nineteenth century to mid or later twentieth century. Its location and orientation also corresponds to the southern part of the postulated cropmark enclosure MCO48730 recorded in the HER. This possibly suggests that the feature on the aerial photographs is in fact related to land drainage and is not an enclosure. However, the northern side of the enclosure was not uncovered in the stripped area. No other features of archaeological interest were uncovered within either of the investigated areas and no artefacts were recovered. It is therefore evident that this development has made little impact on any significant buried archaeological 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:		 2016
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Site: Worvas Farm
Parish: GRADE RUAN
District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Worvas Farm Ruan
Grid Reference: 170731, 15722 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
Nineteenth Century To Mid (Auto Detected Temporal)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-254328
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Note:		 Bound A4 Archive report.
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Created Date:		 28 Nov 2016