INTERIM REPORT - ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT Pawton Store, Pawton, St Breock, Wadebridge, Cornwall

The fieldwork consisted of the monitoring of a topsoil strip and the excavation of archaeological features discovered. The topsoil was stripped to the top of bedrock or archaeological deposits, in the areas where the bedrock was going to be removed, and a higher horizon where the ground was not going to be disturbed. The fieldwork design was based upon a geophysical survey which suggested the presence of a field system and features which were probably geological in origin. The overall pattern appears to be of a dispersed unenclosed settlement with, perhaps, a ritual and/or industrial element. While the settlement is near to a settlement enclosure the lack of dating evidence for the enclosure means that it is not readily possible to conclusively consider the inter-relationship of the two settlements. The excavated settlement has the potential during the post excavation research to contribute to a number of key research themes: 1. The nature of abandonment of Bronze Age buildings 2. The development and continuity of field systems and their relationship to settlement 3. The nature of ritual/industrial features in the Bronze Age.