Report No: 2006R035 Morasses, Moors and Marshes Lost corners of Cornwall’s Historic Environment Historic Environment Service (Projects) Cornwall County Council A Report for the Environment Agency Morasses, Moors and Marshes Lost corners of Cornwall’ s Historic Environment Peter Herring, BA, MPhil, AIFA November 2005 Historic Environment Service, Environment and Heritage, Cornwall County Council Kennall Building, Old County Hall, Station Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY tel (01872) 323603 fax (01872) 323811 E-mail
[email protected] www.cornwall.gov.uk Acknowledgements This study was commissioned by James Burke of the Environment Agency through the provision of a post- graduate studentship. Sonia Thurley and Mike Robins of EA provided guidance in the selection of the study areas. Within Cornwall Archaeological Unit, the studentship work was initially taken up by Kaylie Dowling and then completed by Neil Craze. This report has been prepared by Peter Herring who also managed the project. Considerable help with mapping etc was provided by Bryn Tapper and Megan Val Baker, who also assisted with the illustrations, as did Phoebe Herring (line drawings). Woodcock Cover illustration Scything rushes at Wimalford, St Cleer, 1995 © Cornwall County Council 2005 No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher. 2 Contents Morasses, Moors and Marshes 1 Lost corners of Cornwall’s Historic Environment 1 1 Summary 6 2 Introduction 7 2.1 Project