Thorpe, C. (2018). A391 St Austell to A30 Link Road, Cornwall - Ground Investigation Test Pits. Archaeological Watching Brief.. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1049325. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A391 St Austell to A30 Link Road, Cornwall - Ground Investigation Test Pits. Archaeological Watching Brief.
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Abstract:		 Cornwall Archaeological Unit was commissioned by Cormac Solutions to carry out an archaeological watching brief during the digging of 65 Ground Investigation test pits along the 7.8 km route of a proposed link road (part of the A391) connecting the A30 at Victoria, to St Austell, Cornwall. Excavation by the Ground Investigation team was carried out with an archaeologist in attendance to record any features which were exposed during the ground disturbance. The archaeological watching brief was focused on the fields classified as Anciently Enclosed Land (Medieval Farmland HLC Sub-Type; land mainly enclosed and farmed from the medieval period) under the 1994 Cornwall-wide Historic Landscape Characterisation [HLC] (Cornwall Council 1996), and the field to the north-west of Roche centred at SW 98213 60792 within which was a scheduled Bronze Age barrow (DCO1626; MCO3403). Fieldwork was undertaken between Monday 23rd April and 27th June 2018. Due to the difficulty in obtaining permission to access some of the locations of the test pits, in the event only 53 were monitored. No archaeological features were revealed during the test pitting stage, however, a prehistoric flint blade was found within TP 49 at Higher Trezaise, while another couple of prehistoric flints were recovered from TP 106 at Trerank Farm. This suggests these areas have an archaeological potential to reveal further evidence for prehistoric activity. However, as the total area excavated was minimal the results should be considered in the light of the desk-based assessment (Taylor 2016) and the results of any future geophysical survey and evaluation trenching undertaken.
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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:		 2018
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Site: A391 St Austell Link Road
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: ROCHE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 198612, 61431 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 198176, 59435 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 199910, 58151 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-327570
OBIB: Report Nos: 2018R054
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Created Date:		 08 Oct 2018