Lines of Archaeological Investigation along the North Cornish Coast

Description

This monograph presents the results of archaeological recording along two South West Water pipelines, between Tintagel and Boscastle and between Harlyn Bay and Padstow. The sequence began with Mesolithic lithics and continued through pits with Early Neolithic ceramics, with Grooved Ware and with Beaker pottery. A Middle Bronze Age roundhouse of unusual character had been submerged by colluvium and produced a mould for a copper alloy racloir, an artefact more commonly found in Continental Europe. There were Bronze Age field walls, and a modified 'natural' stone, a focus for prehistoric activity. At Forrabury, uniquely in Cornwall, Early Iron Age cists were revealed, and, close to the well-known later Iron Age cemetery at Harlyn Bay, an Iron Age to Romano-British settlement was uncovered beneath blown sand. The terrain of each pipeline had its own distinctive character and a concluding discussion explores the archaeology of successive periods against this and against the background of Cornish prehistory. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Summary Chapter 1: Introduction and overview to two pipeline projects PART 1: The North Cornwall pipeline: Tintagel to Boscastle pipeline Chapter 2: Introduction and background to the project Chapter 3: Smaller sites recorded along the pipeline Chapter 4: The Bronze Age roundhouse at Trevalga Chapter 5: Forrabury compound Iron Age site Chapter 6: The pottery from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 7: Stonework from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 8: Lithics from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 9: Human skeletal remains from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 10: Charcoal from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 11: Charred plant macrofossils from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 12: Animal bone from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 13: The molluscs from the North Cornwall pipeline Chapter 14: Radiocarbon determinations from the North Cornwall pipeline Part 2: The Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline Chapter 15: Introduction and background Chapter 16: Results from the pipeline Chapter 17: Pottery from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline Chapter 18: Prehistoric and Roman stonework from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline Chapter 19: Lithics from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline Chapter 20: Faunal remains from Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline Chapter 21: Radiocarbon determinations from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline PART 3: Discussion and synthesis Chapter 22: Insights into the archaeology of the north Cornish coast Bibliography