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| HER Number: | 26690.03 |
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| Name: | CASTLE DORE - Iron Age granary |
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Summary
Rectangular alignments of stone-packed postholes have been re-interpreted as being the foundations of Iron Age granaries.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 26690.03
Monument Type(s):
- GRANARY (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Rectangular alignments of stone-packed postholes interpreted by Radford as a post-Roman aisled hall and ancilliary structures (b1) have been redated to the Iron Age by Quinnell and Harris (b2). These structures are now suggested to be the foundations of Iron Age four post or six post granaries, associated with roundhouses. Parallels for these are known at Killibury (Cornwall), Danebury (Hampshire) and Moel y Gaer (Welsh Marches) (b2).
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Site history:
2: 1969. OS
3: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
4: 1987. LUXULYAN VALLEY PROJECT
5: 1988. PRESTON-JONES, A / HBMC
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<1> Radford, CAR, 1951, Report on the Excavations at Castle Dore, (NS) VOL 1, APPENDIX (Article in Journal). SCO5144.
<2> Quinnell, H & Harris, DG, 1985, Castle Dore: The Chronology Reconsidered, VOL 24, 123-131 (Article in Journal). SCO4207.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO5144 - Article in Journal: Radford, CAR. 1951. Report on the Excavations at Castle Dore. JRIC. 1 (Second Series). (NS) VOL 1, APPENDIX. |
| [2] | SCO4207 - Article in Journal: Quinnell, H & Harris, DG. 1985. Castle Dore: The Chronology Reconsidered. Cornish Archaeology. 24. 123-132. VOL 24, 123-131. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 26690 | Part of: CASTLE DORE - Iron Age hillfort (Monument) |
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