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HER Number:	31136.70
Name:	TRENCROM CASTLE - Prehistoric findspot

Summary

Flints recovered from Trencrom Castle.

Grid Reference:	SW 5179 3620
Parish:	Ludgvan, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument CO31: Trencrom Castle

Other References/Statuses

OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW53NW 18
Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 31136.70
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NW 25.9

Monument Type(s):

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Flints found at Trencrom by R J Noall are now at the RIC, Truro.

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Site history:
1: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1976. WEATHERHILL, C / PTE
3: 1977. WEATHERHILL, C / PTE
4: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
5: 1983. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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<1> BORLASE, W, 1740, NOTEBOOK OF PAROCHIAL ANTIQUITIES, VOL II, 172-177 (Unedited Source). SCO5531.

<2> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 50 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO5531 - Unedited Source: BORLASE, W. 1740. NOTEBOOK OF PAROCHIAL ANTIQUITIES. MS AT RIC. VOL II, 172-177.
[2]	SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 50.

Associated Finds

FCO2939 - FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

31136

Part of: TRENCROM CASTLE - Neolithic tor enclosure, Iron Age hillfort (Monument)

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