Cornwall Heritage Trust presents 'The Excavation of Penpol Tide Mill' - A Cornish Story Cafe

Back in 2019, Cornwall Heritage Trust provided a small grant to help with the excavation of Penpol Tide Mill at Restronguet. Fast forward to 2024 and we welcomed Nick Johnson MBE to tell us more about the project and its findings.

Nick was the head of the archaeological service in Cornwall from 1975 to 2010. As well as directing the surveys of the archaeological landscapes on Bodmin Moor and West Penwith, he helped in the development of new methods of defining and explaining the history and the significance of our historic landscapes. Perhaps most notably, he led the team that achieved World Heritage Site status for Cornish Mining in 2006.

He has published and lectured extensively and sat on national committees and councils, English Heritage and the National Trust amongst them, as well as many local heritage organisations including the Cornwall Archaeological Society, the Royal Cornwall Museum and the Trevithick Society. He now enjoys exploring and sharing the history of his home patch in Devoran.

The excavation was carried out by the Restronguet Creek Society and the local community. It was part-funded by Cornwall Heritage Trust and Cornwall Archeological Society, and Cornwall Archaeological Unit supervised the excavation.

Nearly 100 people joined us for this talk, which is available to watch in full here.

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