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HER Number:	29782.02
Name:	KENIDJACK CASTLE - Iron Age hut circle

Summary

Shallow scoops within Kenidjack Castle are recorded by the OS and are very like hut sites at Treryn Dinas.

Grid Reference:	SW 3545 3256
Parish:	St Just, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument CO585: Kenidjack Castle

Other References/Statuses

OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW33SE 51
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 29782.02
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW33SE 118.3

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

Shallow scoops within Kenidjack Castle are recorded by the OS and are built up on the lower side and set against the innermost bank. These scoops are very like hut sites and compare well with those at Treryn Dinas (h1). The monument is included in the Schedule.

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Site history:
1: 1960. QUINNELL, NV/OS
2: 1975. FLETCHER, MJ/OS
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<1> UNKNOWN, 1870, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL III, 109, PL 108 (Unedited Source). SCO6274.

<2> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 370 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 50 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO6274 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1870. UNKNOWN TITLE. JRIC. VOL III, 109, PL 108.
[2]	SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. 370.
[3]	SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 50.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

29782

Part of: KENIDJACK CASTLE - Iron Age cliff castle (Monument)

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