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HER Number:30514.65
Name:CHUN CASTLE - Iron Age findspot

Summary

Borlase records the find of a possible cresset stone at Chun Castle which is now in Truro Museum.

Grid Reference:SW 4050 3390
Parish:Madron, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43SW 30
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30514.65
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43SW 117.12

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Borlase records the find of a possible cresset stone at Chun Castle (b1). Russell in 1971 lists the find which is now at Truro Museum (b3).


<1> Borlase, WC, 18--, Ancient Cornwall, VOL I, 39 (Unpublished document). SCO2887.

<2> Adams, JH, 1967, A New Type of Cresset Stone?, VOL 6, 51-52 (Article in Journal). SCO2718.

<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 105 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2887 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 18--. Ancient Cornwall. MS At RIC. VOL I, 39.
[2]SCO2718 - Article in Journal: Adams, JH. 1967. A New Type of Cresset Stone?. Cornish Archaeology. 6. VOL 6, 51-52.
[3]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 105.

Associated Finds

  • FCO2160 - CRESSET (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

30514Part of: CHUN CASTLE - Iron Age hillfort (Monument)