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Summary

House E at Carn Euny consists of part of a curved wall of an oval structure in the south of the settlement.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 15415: IRON AGE TO ROMAN SETTLEMENT WITH INCORPORATED FOGOU AND ADJACENT POST-MEDIEVAL COTTAGE AT CARN EUNY

Other References/Statuses

• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW42NW 19
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 28920.05
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW42NW 15.4

Monument Type(s):

• HUT CIRCLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• HUT CIRCLE (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

House E at Carn Euny was excavated by Christie in the 1967 season (h2). It consists of part of a curved wall on the west which it is believed once belonged to an oval structure measuring a maximum 7.3m diameter. The north-south walling is now absent and the bisecting House A (28920.01) cuts across this house causing much damage. It contains numerous pits and post holes, some stone-lined; and gullies, several of a phase earlier than the hut. A whitish material, best preserved on the north side, is thought to be traces of a floor, and overlaid gullies and post holes of the earlier phase. House E belongs to the later phase of Iron Age occupation of the site which continues into and probably to the end of the Roman period. The structure, with House B (28920.03) could represent the fragmentary remains of a courtyard house (b1). The positions of the stone covered drains suggest that the entrance to the house was in the west (b2). A fair amount of pottery was found in this house, where cordoned sherds occurred in a gully and several decorated sherds were found in the occupation level over the rab; a clay spindle whorl was found in association with the remains of the floor in the house (b1). A fine squared granite slab with a hollow thought to be a grinding stone rather than a post-socket was found and an annular glass bead belonging to the Roman period was associated with the remains of floors (b1). The monument was included in the Schedule on 28/9/1934 and the scheduling was updated 18/3/1996.

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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Christie, PM, 1968, Carn Euny: Interim Report on the 1967 Season (Article in Journal). SCO489.

<2> Christie, PM, 1983, Carn Euny Official Handbook (Bibliographic reference). SCO3066.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds

• FCO7012 - BEAD (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO7011 - GRINDSTONE (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO7009 - SHERD (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO7010 - SPINDLE WHORL (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events

• ECO1234 - Carn Euny

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