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The Archaeology of Castle CornetSt Peter Port, GuernseyKenneth James BartonGuernsey Museum Monograph No. 7 © 2003 States of Guernsey & individual authors | ISBN 1-871560-04-7 |
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The excavations described in this report were carried out between 1981 and 1988 by the author on behalf of the Ancient Monuments Committee of the States of Guernsey, under the auspices of Guernsey's Museum Service. The report also refers to excavations carried out in 1953, to material collected during works in 1974, and to further archaeological excavations undertaken between 1989 and 1992.
The object of the excavations was to establish the sequences of the Castle's development from its foundation up to the Second World War, after which it ceased to be a military establishment.
Ken Barton was born in Liverpool in 1924 and came into archaeology in 1949 in Chester. During his career, he excavated widely and developed a particular interest in ceramics, founding the Post-medieval Ceramics Research Group in 1965. While Director of Hampshire County Museum Service he began excavations in the Channel Islands, initially in Jersey and later, more extensively, in Guernsey. He is now retired and lives with his family in Normandy.
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