Cornwall's trans-peninsular route : socio-economic and cultural continuity across the Camel-Fowey Corridor : "The way of Saints" from the Roman period to A.D. 700

"The Camel and Fowey rivers incise deeply into Cornwall, nearly meeting in the middle. This book is a landscape study of the Camel/Fowey corridor which forms a natural trans-peninsular portage route across Cornwall, avoiding circumnavigating the notoriously hazardous Land's End sea route. The author investigates the effect this route had on society through micro and macro settlement studies involving an extensive programme of geophysical analysis. This has generated fresh insight into the socioeconomic and continuity dynamics of this part of Cornwall, together with the interaction between Romans and the indigenous population. The findings explore sociopolitical influences in the Roman period and cultural continuity into the post-Roman period."--Back cover (page 4 of cover) Front Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Note on Conventions 1: Research Scope and Context Introduction Research Scope and Context Topographical Setting, Isolation – Insulation – Identity Rationale Behind a Trans-Peninsular Route Research Aims General Objectives of the Study Chapter 2: General Methodology and Approaches Approaches Toponymic Evidence Methodology The Hypothesis for a Route: Marine Environment v Overland Route Tangible Evidence Supporting Evidence and Secondary Sources A Thematic Approach Through Settlement and Overview of Research Sites Excavation Chapter 3: Out on a Limb: The Geomorphology of Cornwall, the Atlantic Climatic Influence and the Archaeological Context of the Study Period Introduction The Geomorphology of Cornwall Coastline Changes and Sea-Level Rises for the Camel and Fowey Estuaries Cultural Aspects: Settlement Morphologies – a Discussion Enclosures: Diverse Typologies Socio-Political Dynamics and Identity in Settlement Open Settlement Roman Military Influence in Cornwall and the Corridor Post-Roman Change in Settlement Pattern – Background to Social Change With Elements of Continuity Through Ceramics Beach Sites Christianity Previous Archaeological Work Major Sites Mentioned in this Study Trethurgy Carvossa Kilhallon Gwithian Tintagel Contemporary Inter-Trade Routes with Cornwall Late Iron Age Trade Routes in the Roman Period Trade Routes in the Post-Roman Period Chapter 4: The Camel and Fowey Corridor in Its Contemporary Setting: Tin, ‘Maritima’ and the Theory Underpinning a Cross-Peninsular Route The Cassiterides: Cornwall in Late Prehistoric and Proto-Historic Times to ‘Invasion’ AD 43 Tin: The Contemporary Evidence Naval Matters Difficulties of Sailing the Celtic Sea and Wreck Evidence Rounding the ‘Parte Occidentale’ Summary of Maritime Perspectives: Sea V Land – Validation of the Route Theory Chapter 5: Camel and Fowey Corridor: Late Iron Age and Roman Periods Introduction Communications to and Across the Corridor: Signals of Evidence Through Fieldwork All Roads Lead to Minerals High Cliff East Leigh Pabyer Point Sites in Common Research Findings: Settlement and Roman Involvement in the Corridor Kingswood Round Lestow Restormel Nanstallon Fort Monetary Systems, Economy and Coin Evidence Across the Corridor Continuity and Change: Independence Through Obdurate Traditionalism or Economic and Peripheral Determinism and Latent Romanitas Chapter 6: The Corridor as a Christianised Landscape: of Saints, Lanns, Dedications and Memorial Pillars Introduction Byzantine Connections Continuity of Polity Christianity’s Influence Memorial Pillars Stones Through Time: Enlightenment Seaways of the Saints, Hagiographies and their Mark on the Landscape Saints Through the Corridor Sampsonis: Hagiography Considered, Lanow, St Sampson Church and Langorthou Place-Name Distribution Analysis with Lann Elements and Saint Dedications Chapter 7: East Camel Estuary Case Study: Settlement Sites, Continuity and Change in The Landscape Introduction Locational and Settlement Description Notes on Fieldwork from The Settlement Study Sites Carruan Middle Amble Daymer Bay and Hinterland St Enodoc and Trebetherick Trebetherick Porthilly Lanow Tregays on The Fowey River Discussion Summary Chapter 8: Discussion: Socio-Economic Dynamics, Settlement and Continuity Site Maps The Trans-Peninsula Land Route or the Longer Precarious Sea Passage? Tangible Route Evidence Evidence for Use of the Corridor as a Route and Exploitation of Resources Settlement Development, Form and Place in the Landscape and Outside Influences to AD700 Population Settlement Socio-Economic Pushing Back the Boundaries: Current Perceptions Contradicted – Security Through Tin? A Borderline Question: Roman Involvement and Romanitas Roman Interaction Through Design Absence of Roman Infrastructure, Continuity and Identity Economy and Transition Pottery Via the Atlantic Seaways: Tintagel’s Influence on the Fowey and Camel Corridor The Decline of Pottery Imports in the Corridor: Precursor to Social Change? Changes in Settlement and Social Structure Early Christianity in the Corridor: What Can be Learnt From Fieldwork and Can a Correlation be Found to Early Literary Evidence? Chapter 9: Conclusions: Exploring The Social Dynamics Behind a Trans-Peninsular Route Roman Interaction Socio-Economy The Early Medieval Corridor and Christianity Settlement Continuity The Corridor – Summary Scope for Further Research Bibliography Websites Ancient Sources Back Cover