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Journeys to the Rock: Archaeological Investigations at Tregarrick Farm, Roche, Cornwall,Cornish Archaeology 41-42, 107-143

Cornish Archaeology, 2002
During archaeological fieldwork at Tregarrick Farm, Roche, a group of ten pits were recorded to the north of Roche Rock. The pits were found to contain structured deposits of Neolithic date, which included pottery, flints, a small saddle quern and charred hazelnuts. A series of radiocarbon determinations ranging over the period 3790-3370 cal BC were obtained from six of the pits, indicating that the site was in use over several centuries. Analysis of charred environmental material indicated that oak and hazel woodland with some clearings existed nearby. It is suggested that the pits were the result of ritualized activity associated with seasonal gatherings close to the base of a prominent landscape feature. The investigation has given a rare insight into Early Neolithic activity in lowland Cornwall and confirms the significance of Roche Rock as an important place in the landscape several millennia before the construction of the iconic fifteenth-century chapel. http://www.cornisharchaeology.org.uk/index_htm_files/Cornish%20Archaeology%2041-42-opt.pdf ...Read more
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