Sharpe, A. (2017). Tintagel Castle, Cornwall: archaeological impact assessment of proposed footbridge abutment construction. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1046158. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Tintagel Castle, Cornwall: archaeological impact assessment of proposed footbridge abutment construction
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Series:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Cornwall Archaeological Unit was contacted by Reuben Briggs, National Project Manager, Estates Department, English Heritage in January 2017 with a request to undertake an assessment of the potential physical impacts on the archaeology of Tintagel Castle which would result from the construction of the abutments for a new footbridge linking the mainland and Island sections of the Castle. An assessment of the vulnerability of the archaeology at these locations to natural erosion was also to be considered. The assessment concluded that excavation at the northern end of the mainland Lower Ward would have minimal impacts, as it was likely to intersect shallow medieval and post-medieval levelling features. At the southern end of the Island Inner Ward it was concluded that the excavation for the bridge abutment would intersect post-Roman deposits forming part of the high status core of the site. Although the losses to the archaeological resource would be proportionally small, little of this area of the site has been archaeologically investigated to date. As mitigation, it was suggested that each abutment site should be archaeologically investigated in advance of construction. The potential for the loss of archaeological features due to natural erosion of the areas selected for the bridge abutments was considered low, provided that current rockface and cliffslope stabilisation approaches are continued and that no catastrophic erosion of the lower sections of the island cliff or the isthmus joining the two sections of the Castle takes place.
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Author:		 A Sharpe
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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:		 2017
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Site: Tintagel Castle
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: TINTAGEL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 205138, 88970 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 205090, 89004 (Easting, Northing)
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CASTLE (Monument Type England)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-276051
OBIB: 2017R010
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Note:		 A4 full colour, double sides, comb bound, 32pp. Word and PDF formats
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2018