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Summary

A Beaker period stone-lined pit and mound, which may have been associated with cooking and feasting, were identified during an archaeological watching brief.

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s):

• COOKING PIT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

During archaeological mitigation of the impact of the construction of a sewage transfer pipeline between Boscaswell and St Just a controlled topsoil strip led to the discovery of a burnt mound associated with fragments from several Beaker vessels and a stone-lined pit (1).

A sheep stile set of steps have been built into the inside of the outer wall to the West. The pit is in the middle and currently overgrown (2).

<1> Lawson-Jones, A with Jones, A & Sharpe A, 2005, North Lands End SWW Sewage Tranfer Main, Cornwall - Archaeological recording, 40-44 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1534.

<2> Cornwall & Scilly Historic Environment Record Site Recording Form, 31/10/2023 (Personal communication). SCO28927.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO2561 - North Lands End STS Pipeline

Related records: none recorded

Associated Images

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