Trecerus Riding Stables, Padstow

AC archaeology carried out an open area excavation at Trecerus Riding Stables which was focused on an area of approximately 120 m by 88 m in the northwest part of the development site. An earlier trench evaluation had showed this part of the site to have the greatest archaeological potential. 11 roundhouses and four ancillary structures were revealed. In additional to Middle/Late Iron Age to Roman pottery, finds from the site included two stone spindle whorls, quern fragments, utilised cobbles and six perforated or notched slates, some suggested to have been used as weights (featured illustrations by George Scott). A large part of a jar with a cordon at the shoulder was recovered from a single context. This had four post-firing perforations in the base, suggesting reuse.

The excavation is to be published in the Journal of the Cornwall Archaeological Society.