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Summary

The remains of several huts in the interior of Chun Castle, one of which was excavated in 1925.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO1088: Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 320.1.1-4
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43SW 30
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30514.10
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43SW 117.1

Monument Type(s):

• HUT CIRCLE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

The remains of several huts in the interior of Chun Castle (30514) are recorded by Leeds who excavated one of them in 1925 (h1, b5). The OS who surveyed the site at 1:2500 in 1961 record that the one excavated hut on the north side of the interior of the hillfort is now a pit, and others on the south side are in poor condition, surviving as a series of pits up to 1.5m deep, joined on their northern extremities by traces of a stone bank 0.4m high (h4). The remains of the hut circles are visible on aerial photographs (p1-p4) and were plotted as part of the NMP.

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Site history:
4: 1961. QUINNELL, NV / OS
5: 1975. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
6: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
7: 1982. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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<1> Borlase, W, 1769, Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 346-347, PL 346 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2878.

OSP, 1961, AO/61/16/1 (Photographic Record). SCO13753.

<2> Cotton, W, 1829, Account of certain Hill Castles, situated near the Land's End, in Cornwall, 301-303, PL 29 (Article in Journal). SCO5677.

OSP, 1961, AO/61/16/2 (Photographic Record). SCO13754.

<3> Blight, JT, 1861, A Week at the Land's End, 21 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2860.

OSP, 1961, AO/61/16/3 (Photographic Record). SCO13755.

<4> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL I, 461 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

NMR, 1977, SW 4034/6/78 (Photographic Record). SCO16100.

<5> Leeds, ET, 1927, Excavations at Chun Castle, in Penwith, Cornwall (Article in Journal). SCO7133.

<6> Leeds, ET, 1931, Excavations at Chun Castle in Penwith, Cornwall (Second Report) (Article in Journal). SCO7186.

<7> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 116-314 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.

<8> Crawford, OGS, Undated, Annotated 6-Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO5176.

<9> THOMAS, AC, 1956, Untitled Source, VOL II, 2, 50, 65, 71-72 (Article in Journal). SCO7619.

<10> THOMAS, AC, 1956, Untitled Source, VOL II, 4, 160 (Article in Journal). SCO7619.

<11> Thomas, AC, 1956, Evidence for post-Roman occupation of Chun Castle, Cornwall, VOL 36, 75-78 (Article in Journal). SCO7618.

<12> Hutchinson, G, 1979, Bar-Lug Pottery of Cornwall, VOL 18, 91 (Article in Journal). SCO3617.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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