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| HER Number: | 28920.15 |
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| Name: | CARN EUNY - Undated findspot |
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Summary
Environmental analysis of pollen and charcoal remains recovered during excavation at Carn Euny.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW42NW 19
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 28920.15
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW42NW 15.22
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Analysis of charcoal remains from Carn Euny was found to be largely Sarothmanus/Ulex and included Fraxinus (ash), Crataegus (hawthorn) and Prunus avium (wild cherry). Pollen analyses emphasise the lack of woodland in the Iron Age landscape with only hazel contributing significantly to the tree and pollen shrub count. Dimbleby comments on the absence of undisturbed soil profiles and that the soil continued to move during the period of settlement, probably as a result of intensification or initiation of arable farming during the Iron Age (b1).
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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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<1> Caseldine, CJ, 1980, Environmental Change in Cornwall During the Last 13000 Years, 12-13 (Article in Journal). SCO3054.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO3054 - Article in Journal: Caseldine, CJ. 1980. Environmental Change in Cornwall During the Last 13000 Years. Cornish Archaeology. 19. 2-16. 12-13. |
Associated Finds
- FCO3864 - PLANT REMAINS (Unknown date)
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 28920 | Part of: CARN EUNY - Iron Age settlement, Romano British settlement (Monument) |
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