Thorpe, C. (2015). Tintagel Castle, Lower Ward Kiosk, Cornwall. Archaeological Watching Brief. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1039602. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Tintagel Castle, Lower Ward Kiosk, Cornwall. Archaeological Watching Brief
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Cornwall Council (CAU) was commissioned by Richard Bevan, Pearce Construction (Barnstaple) Ltd, to undertake a programme of archaeological recording during the excavation of the foundations for a new custodian's kiosk in front of the entrance to the Lower Ward of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall along with its associated service cable trench linking the kiosk to the visitor centre within Tintagel Valley. The area excavated for the foundation of the kiosk measured 7m x 3m while the service cable trench was approximately 110m long. The excavation of the foundations for the kiosk revealed that the mound of material that lay on the site was dumped material derived from previous works within the Lower Ward of the castle. This lay on top of a small deposit of silt and stone that had fallen from the crag above and become grassed over. Bedrock proved to be close to the surface. No archaeology was recorded, and no artefacts were recovered. The trench for the service cabling was only shallow, the depth of which was insufficient to affect any archaeology with the cables being laid immediately below the turf-line. No artefacts were recovered. At the north eastern end of the cable run, as it plunged down the valley side, two possible artificial terraces were observed, one mid slope centered at SX 05190 88964 and one below it, just above the visitor centre at SX 05193 88970 (Fig 12). These resembled the artificial terraces noted on the east-facing sides of Tintagel island being defined by levelled ground and with the rock outcrops deliberately cut to have near vertical faces (though there a possibility that these are slate quarry faces). No other features of archaeological interest were recorded and it appears that the work had very little or no impact on any significant buried remains.
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Author:		 C Thorpe
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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:		 2015
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Site: Tintagel Castle, Lower Ward
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: TINTAGEL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 205172, 88901 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 205205, 88984 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-210006
OBIB: Report Nos: 2015R032
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018