Did you know that excavations undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) at the site of the planned St Austell to A30 Link Road uncovered a rare Early Neolithic longhouse? Thought to date from around 3800BC, it’s only the second of its kind known of in Cornwall!
This was just one of the amazing finds featured in our latest Cornish Story Cafe, hosted by Sean Taylor, Senior Archaeologist at Cornwall Archaeological Unit.
Entitled ‘What have the Romans ever done for Roche?’, Sean offered his expert insight into the sites uncovered by CAU prior to the main construction works commencing for the St Austell to A30 Link Road. Dating from the Neolithic period to post-Roman, these include an 18-acre Roman camp and 28-acre fortlet, an Early Neolithic longhouse, a Middle Neolithic enclosure, Late Neolithic pits, Bronze Age roundhouses and barrows, an Iron Age or early Romano-British roundhouse and post-Roman structures.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the fascinating evening – it’s been fantastic to hear how much you all enjoyed it!
The Story Cafe was funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, as part of the Platinum Jubilee funding.
If you would like to be involved in helping to organise events such as this, we are currently looking for volunteers to join our events team and would love to hear from anyone interested.
To find out more about the opportunity to volunteer for the Story Cafe events team and attend an online information session on Thursday 3rd November at 6.30pm, please register your interest here…
