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HER Number:30756.70
Name:CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age hut circle, Romano British hut circle

Summary

A possible hut circle to the north of the enclosure at Chykembro.

Grid Reference:SW 4460 3714
Parish:Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30756.70
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s):

  • HUT CIRCLE? (Early Iron Age to Romano British - 800 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

Weatherhill in 1982 records a subrectangular enclosure lying to the north of the enclosure at Chykembro (30756.2). It is possibly, but not certainly, a hut with sides 10m long formed by low banks up to 0.5m high. The entrance is in the south-west (h1, b1).

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Site history:
1: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
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<1> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

30756Part of: CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age/Romano British settlement (Monument)