Cornish Archaeology Online – ‘What have the Romans ever done for Roche?’ with Sean Taylor

Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) have undertaken archaeological mitigation work on the new Link Road bypassing Roche. Expected finds based on previous work (geophysical survey and evaluation) included a number of ring-ditches and a Roman camp. However, the work revealed a much larger range of sites than expected, including an Early Neolithic longhouse, a Neolithic enclosure, Late Neolithic pits and post-ring, possible Bronze Age barrows, an early Romano-British roundhouse, a Roman fortlet (in addition to the camp), and late-/post-Roman structures, as well as a number of early roads. The talk will give a brief summary of each site.