Time Team - Lellizzick, nr Padstow, Cornwall - Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results

Wessex Archaeology

The project was successful in identifying a roundhouse settlement dating from Romano-British through into the post-Roman period, with evidence of occupation over perhaps five or six centuries, although no definitive evidence for pre-Roman settlement was found. Investigation of the architectural details of the roundhouses indicated a Bronze Age building technique observed on other Cornish sites being utilised well into the Romano-British period. The settlement appears always to have been relatively small, with new roundhouses replacing old repeatedly. Some evidence of industrial activity was recovered, as well as evidence for possible connections with the Byzantine world.

The results of the excavation were limited, but the evidence for Roman activity is of significance as belonging to a period which has as yet received little attention in the south-west.