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Summary

Crane Godrevy was occupied from the Iron Age to the post medieval period. The sequence of medieval houses and pottery is of particular significance

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO770: Round at Crane Godrevy, Godrevy

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 350.20&21
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW54SE 6
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 37066
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW54SE 31-32-33

Monument Type(s):

• ROUND (Early Iron Age to Romano British - 800 BC to 409 AD)
• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Crane Godrevy comprises the remains of an Iron Age/Romano-British round with traces of houses in the interior dated from the C1st BC to the C2nd or 3rd (or possibly C4th) AD. The site was reoccupied in the C11th, when a small rectangular dwelling was constructed inside the round. A second similar house was built in the same period to be later replaced by a long rectangular structure in the C14, partly due to the drifting sand.

The site was excavated by Thomas from 1955 onwards with a large scale resumption of the work in 1969. Iron Age and Romano-British pottery was recovered from the round, and Medieval and Post-Medieval sherds from the C12 to C17.
Crane Godrevy was possibly a subordinate manor within the Manor of Tehidy, but was basically a farm surrounded by extensive field systems. It was surveyed by the OS at 1:2500 in 1962 and is shown on the OS maps of 1963 and 1974. In 1976 the site was Scheduled.

Features associated with both the Iron Age/Romano-British and Medieval periods are visible on air photographs (p1) and were plotted as part of the NMP.

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Site history:
2: 1962. QUINNELL, NV / OS
4: 1970. MERCER, RJ / DOE
5: 1980. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
6: 1985. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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RAF, 1947, CPE/UK/2368/4035&6 (Photographic Record). SCO12734.

<1> Thomas, AC, 1958, Gwithian: Ten Years Work, 1949-1958, 17, 26-30, FIGS 13, 14 (Booklet). SCO4619.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<3> Thomas, AC, 1965, Gwithian Checklist, VOL 4, 75 (Article in Journal). SCO4617.

<4> Thomas, AC, 1969, Excavations at Crane Godrevy, Gwithian, 1969. Interim Report, VOL 8, 84-88, FIG 32 (Article in Journal). SCO4608.

<5> THOMAS, AC, 1969, UNKNOWN TITLE, NO 4, 34 (Unedited Source). SCO8018.

<6> Mercer, RJ (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5178.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<8> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<9> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO2227 - Crane Godrevy, Gwithian

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