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HER Number:	29782.03
Name:	KENIDJACK CASTLE - Iron Age hut circle

Summary

A shallow scoop within Kenidjack Castle is very like a hut site.

Grid Reference:	SW 3546 3257
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): 29782.03
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW33SE 118.4

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

A shallow scoop within Kenidjack Castle, was noted by the OS and is built up on the lower side and set against the innermost bank. This scoop is very like a hut site (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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