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Summary

A courtyard house in the south-west of the settlement at Treen.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO349: Ancient village 400yds (370m) SSE of Treen

Other References/Statuses

• National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 293.48
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 12
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30725.20
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 79.2

Monument Type(s):

• COURTYARD HOUSE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• COURTYARD HOUSE (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

A courtyard house recorded by Henderson (b2), surveyed at 1:2500 by the OS in 1961 (h2), and listed by Russell in 1971 (b8). Weatherhill in 1982 records a courtyard house, No 3, a large structure consisting of two semi-detached units which measures 22m in length, with an overall width of 25m. Both units have west facing entrances, blocked by a modern field wall. The northern unit, No 3a, has its southern entrance jamb incorporated into the field wall, and consists of a long courtyard with long room on its northern side, a well preserved round room, and may also have had a stable recess on its south side. The southern unit, No 3b, at a slightly higher level is more elaborate in plan. The entrance has a freestanding northern jamb, 0.9m tall. On the southern side of the courtyard is a long room and an oval room, set at a higher level again. The oval room appears to have a back door with a 0.9m high jambstone, has an east facing back door leadng to a small contemporary garden plot, and is in good preservation, but with little visible stonework. The walls of the northern unit reach a height of 1.5m and those of the southern unit, 1.2m (h4, b10). The monument is included in the Schedule. Visible on air photographs (p1-p6) and was plotted for the NMP.

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Site history:
1: 1956. SAUNDERS, AD / MOW
2: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
3: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
4: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
5: 1980. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
6: 1984. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4051.

RAF, 1946, 3G/TUD/209/5043&5111 (Photographic Record). SCO10842.

<2> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 187, PL 197 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

NMR, 1977, SW4337/1/47-49 (Photographic Record). SCO16257.

<3> Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document). SCO3593.

NMR, 1979, SW4436/1/1&2 (Photographic Record). SCO16607.

<4> HIRST, FC, 1937, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL 10, 4, APP (Article in Journal). SCO7280.

NMR, 1979, SW4437/2/482 (Photographic Record). SCO16619.

<5> Hirst, FC, 1937, Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall, VOL II, 96 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3594.

NMR, 1979, SW4337/4 (Photographic Record). SCO16605.

<6> Saunders, A (for DOE), 1956, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5179.

NMR, 1979, SW4436/6/1 (Photographic Record). SCO16613.

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

<8> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 54 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

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

<10> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 82, 84-85 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.

<11> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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