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Slaughterbridge projects: Excavation
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. Other excavation work is being done to trace the line of paths leading towards the mosiac pavement, and to plan the cascades which are submerged in the river. The level of the River Camel was lower in the 18th century, when at least one mill diverted a significant amount of the flow of the river past this point. Work has only just begun on the first trench on the Battlefield, but a few finds below the surface including some possible prehistoric worked quartz.
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Slaughterbridge projects: Historical background
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. Lady Falmouth’s Garden -. On the death of her husband in 1734 Charlotte fell in to legal dispute with her own children over her right to stay at the family seat of Tregothnan. She appears to have lost as she returns to Worthyvale by 1738 and stayed there until her death on March 22 1754. While there she built or improved the gardens including the quartz cobble mosiac that bears her initials.
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Slaughterbridge projects: Welcome
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. This site is no longer updated. However the project continues and can be followed as North Cornwall Heritage. There are two overlapping projects involving Slaughterbridge; the Slaughterbridge Training Excavation Project (STEP) and the Tintagel Environs Survey Project (TESP).
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Slaughterbridge projects: Landscape
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. Mentioned in the Domesday book, but the current building dates from the early 17th century, extended and remodelled by the Boscawen family in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A surviving part of the garden along the driveway. A low mound which may have been topped with a folly once stood here. Now the site is occupied by a modern house. 17th or 18th century bridge that incorporated the gate piers to the drive of Worthyvale Manor. A medieval village is firs...
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Slaughterbridge projects: Photo gallery
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. The site, viewed from across the valley. Inscription on the Arthur Stone. General view of the Old Melorn site. Roof slate in cellar, Trench 2. Pillar in trench 1. Fieldwall in trench 1. Doorway in trench 3. The battlefield above the garden. The garden site at the beginning. The edge of the pavement. The lazy life of the digger.
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Slaughterbridge projects: STEP (Slaughterbridge Training Excavation Project)
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Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. STEP (Slaughterbridge Training Excavation Project). To provide training opportunity for novice students. To provide “have a go” opportunity for the public, and schools. To understand the context of the Arthur Stone in its 18th century garden setting. To understand the site of the village of Old Melorn. To consolidate appropriate remains for public display. Project Executive – Joe Parsons (Manager of The Arthurian Centre). Expert – Dr. Niall Finneran....Expert ...
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Slaughterbridge projects: TESP (Tintagel Environs Survey Project)
http://slaughterbridgedig.blogspot.com/2007/09/tesp-tintagel-environs-survey-project.html
Middot; Photo gallery. Middot; Dig Diary. TESP (Tintagel Environs Survey Project). This is a shortened version of the full project design. It has been drawn up following MoRPHE, the new project management standard used by English Heritage. The project began its planning stage in the summer of 2007. To provide wider context for excavation work at Slaughterbridge Training Excavation Project (STEP, a separate project). Research Aims and Objectives:. In particular looking at possible reoccupation of hillforts.
