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HER Number:	2322
Name:	TREWANNION GATE - Iron Age round, Romano British round

Summary

An oval enclosure 50m by 40m with a bank 8.0m wide, now visible as cropmarks on air photos.

Grid Reference:	SX 1522 8882
Parish:	Davidstow, North Cornwall, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1072.13
OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX18NE 1
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 2322
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX18NE 10

Monument Type(s):

ROUND (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
ROUND (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

OS maps of 1883 and 1907 show an earthwork at this location (b1, b2). The feature is no longer extant, but is visible on air photos (p1-p3). Early maps show an oval enclosure 50m north-south by 40m east-west, with a bank 8.0m wide. No ditch or entrance was indicated, perhaps suggesting that both were poorly defined. No part of the enclosure is now surveyable, though the farmer states that when the area is ploughed a heavy concentration of stone is encountered. On the ground, a slight gap in the vestigial bank, on the lower, west side may be the remains of an entrance (h1). The round is was plotted from aerial photographs (p3-p4) during the Cornwall NMP. Two gaps in the east and west sides may be the location of entrances. The OS 1st Edition map shows a number of buildings lying within the enclosure. These are described separately in 57261.

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Site history:
1: 1976. OS
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Cambridge University Centre for Aerial Photography, 2/4/69, CUC AXC 28 (Aerial Photograph). SCO22007.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.

RAF, 1946, 106 G,UK 1948, 4017-8 (Photographic Record). SCO9659.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

OSP, 1973, 73, 005, 206 (Photographic Record). SCO15481.

CUC, 1969, AXC 28 (Photographic Record). SCO14903.

MAL, 1967, MAL 2667 078-9 (Photographic Record). SCO14696.

Sources / Further Reading

---	SCO22007 - Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Centre for Aerial Photography. 2/4/69. CUC AXC 28. SX 1520 8880.
[1]	SCO4048 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1880s. 1st Edition 1:2500 Map.
[p1]	SCO9659 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1946. 106 G,UK 1948, 4017-8.
[p2]	SCO15481 - Photographic Record: OSP. 1973. 73, 005, 206.
[2]	SCO4050 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1900s. 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map.
[p3]	SCO14903 - Photographic Record: CUC. 1969. AXC 28.
[p4]	SCO14696 - Photographic Record: MAL. 1967. MAL 2667 078-9. ABP.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded

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