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Archaeological investigations of a later prehistoric and a Romano British landscape at Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall. BAR (British Series) 443. Oxford: BAR. 2007

Archaeological investigations of a later prehistoric and a Romano British landscape at Tremough, Penryn,, 2007
Following an archaeological assessment and three geophysical surveys, a succession of archaeological excavations, test pitting and monitoring was carried out by Historic Environment Service, Cornwall County Council Council at the site of the Combined Universities in Cornwall’s campus at Tremough, Penryn between 2000 and 2004. Excavations were focused upon the investigation of a Neolithic flint scatter and pit groups, including some containing Late Neolithic Grooved Ware, together with Early to Middle Bronze Age timber post-rings and a small enclosed Romano-British settlement, situated upon a plateau overlooking the Fal estuary. Subsequent smaller-scale monitoring and test pitting was carried out at the east end of the plateau and on its slopes. This work confirmed the results from geophysical survey, which had indicated that there was a marked decline in significant archaeological features beyond the plateau. Twenty-two radiocarbon determinations ranging between 3950 BC and AD 1160 were obtained. These dates fell into four major groups; the Early Neolithic, the Late Neolithic, the Early to Middle Bronze Age and the Later Iron Age to Romano-British period. A single earlier medieval date was also obtained from a field ditch....Read more
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