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HER Number: | MCO56314 |
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Name: | TEHIDY - Medieval charcoal burning platform, quarry |
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Summary
A possible quarry with an overlain charcoal burning platform is visiable as a not well defined large hollow, sloping sides on the north side of West Drive.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Set within an old coppice is a rather large hollow (site 12) a possible quarry, with sloping sides and evidence of later use as a charcoal burning platform. The hollow seems to be part overlain by a charcoal burning platform, and supports mature oak, so is of some age (b1).
<1> Parkes, C, 2011, Tehidy Country Park, Illogan, Cornwall - Archaeological Assessment, 134 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO24992.
Sources / Further Reading
[1] | SCO24992 - Cornwall Event Report: Parkes, C. 2011. Tehidy Country Park, Illogan, Cornwall - Archaeological Assessment. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2011R065. 134. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
26555 | Part of: TEHIDY - Early Medieval settlement, Medieval manor, Medieval settlement (Monument) |
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