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Victoria Service Station, Cornwall Archaeological Mitigation Archive Report |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The excavation was undertaken in the summer of 2013 and revealed three broad phases of activity on the site. A post-ring surrounding a central hearth and posthole, with several outlying pits was identified. The site had not been identified by the geophysical survey, largely because it comprised small features that would not have been detected by the survey. Artefacts recovered from this site dated the feature to the Bronze Age and it is likely to represent either a roundhouse or a timber circle. Two intersecting ditches at the eastern end of the site also contained artefacts dating to the Bronze Age. The smaller enclosure identified by the second geophysical survey (Stratascan 2013) to the north of the post-ring was revealed to be a working area surrounded on three sides by a penannular ditch. Activity within the enclosed area had resulted in a complex stratigraphy, evidence of intensive use of the site over some time. Two further working areas were identified to the west of this. The activity appeared to be industrial in nature but the precise nature of this has yet to be identified. Artefacts from these features date it to the Roman period. The large sub-oval enclosure identified by the first geophysical survey was confirmed as a ditched feature. No artefacts dating the enclosure were recovered but the similarity of the ditch profile to a ditch associated with a medieval deer park boundary that ran through the development suggested that the enclosure might represent a stock enclosure associated with it. |
Author: |
Sean R Taylor
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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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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Locations: |
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Victoria Service Station |
County: |
Cornwall |
District: |
Cornwall |
Parish: |
ROCHE |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 199989, 62156 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-195615 |
OBIB: |
2014R081 |
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Note: |
A4 archive report
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |