Hughes, S. and Rainbird, P. (2019). Emergancy Flood Relief Culvert, Loe Bar, Helston, Cornwall. Chicklade: AC Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1057576. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Emergancy Flood Relief Culvert, Loe Bar, Helston, Cornwall
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Abstract:		 Archaeological investigations associated with the construction of an emergency flood relief culvert at Loe Bar, Helston, Cornwall, were undertaken by AC archaeology between March and June 2018. The work comprised a borehole survey, the description and dendrochronology dating of timbers recovered during groundworks, and a note on stone pieces also recovered during groundworks. Loe Bar Beach is located approximately 3.5km to the southwest of Helston. It comprises a sand and shingle bar that separates Mounts Bay from a natural lake, The Loe or Loe Pool, which comprises a natural creek principally fed by the River Cober. Despite previously-recorded evidence for a prehistoric submerged forest present at Loe Bar, no evidence for this was encountered during the borehole survey at the depth required for the new flood relief culvert. Two timbers were recovered during the groundworks. These represented fragments of futtocks from a ship; the curving frame timbers or ribs that form the structure of a ship. These were dated by dendrochronology technique as having been felled at the end of the 19th century. Based on the date of the timbers, they may be connected to the Italian cargo vessel named the Tripolitana, which was driven ashore in 1912. A series of large granite boulders and dressed granite blocks were also recovered during the groundworks. These were considered to have come from an earlier phase of flood channel and associated sluice dating from the 19th century.
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Author:		 S Hughes
Paul Rainbird
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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:		 2019
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District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Parish: PORTHLEVEN
Location - Auto Detected: Helston
Site: Emergency flood relief culvert, Loe Bar, Helston
Location - Auto Detected: Loe Pool
Country: England
Grid Reference: 164319, 24271 (Easting, Northing)
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prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal)
19th century (Auto Detected Temporal)
sand (Auto Detected Subject)
curving frame timbers (Auto Detected Subject)
dressed granite blocks (Auto Detected Subject)
stone (Auto Detected Subject)
granite boulders (Auto Detected Subject)
vessel (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 13 Jan 2020