Balmond, F. (2022). Land at Presingoll, Penwinnick Road, St Agnes, Cornwall - Desk Based Assessment. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1108578. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Presingoll, Penwinnick Road, St Agnes, Cornwall - Desk Based Assessment
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Series:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 This report presents the results of a desk based assessment that was carried out by South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) for a residential development at Land at Presingoll, Penwinnick Road, St Agnes, Cornwall. The site lies in the parish of St Agnes and in the hundred and deanery of Pydar. Historically St Agnes was known as Bryanick and it is likely that it may once have formed a part of the large Domesday manor of Tywarnhayle. The Tithe map and apportionment shows that the land on which the site is located was previously subdivided into a greater number of smaller plots and that the land was under arable cultivation by the mid-19th century. The Cornwall and Scilly HER records a number of archaeological sites within 1km of the site. A significant number of sites of prehistoric date are recorded in the landscape around the site. These include a Bronze Age barrow cemetery to the south-east of the site at Hurlingbarrow and the Iron Age to early medieval Scheduled Bolster Bank to the north-west of the site. A large number of sites of post medieval date are recorded in the landscape around the site. Many of these sites relate to the expansion of St Agnes and the surrounding settlements as a result of the mineral exploitation that took place in the landscape during the 19th century. A mine shaft and engine house is recorded close to the northern boundary of the site. The extant course of the Chacewater and Newquay GWR branch line lies just beyond the south-eastern boundary of the site. Limited archaeological fieldwork has been carried out in the near vicinity of the site, however a geophysical survey and an archaeological evaluation on land to the north of the site encountered pottery of possible Bronze Age date. There are 50 Listed Buildings (all Grade II), two Scheduled Monuments, one Conservation Area, and one World Heritage Site within 1km of the site. The St Agnes Mining District of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape lies to the north of the site and although it is outside of the World Heritage Site it is clear from historic mapping and the HER records that mining activity took place to the north of the site. A mine shaft and engine house that are presumably associated with Wheal Matilda are located in this area.
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Author:		 F Balmond
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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District: Cornwall
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Parish: St. Agnes
Grid Reference: 172140, 49602 (Easting, Northing)
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DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
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OASIS Id: southwes1-510837
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Created Date:		 04 Jul 2023