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HER Number: | 3158.28 |
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Name: | LESKERNICK HILL - Prehistoric hut circle |
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Summary
A hut circle 8.6m in diameter on the SW slope of Leskernick Hill.
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument: Two Bronze Age settlements, associated field enclosures, small cairns, a cist and a propped stone on the south and western slopes of Leskernick Hill
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NE 21(28)
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 3158.28
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NE 66
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Hut first shown on 1962 OS map. Surveyed by Fletcher in 1973 (h2) and from OS air photos. Re-surveyed by Quinnell in 1976 (h2) and plotted at 1:2500 by RCHM (h3, b1). A hut circle 8.6m in diameter and levelled into the slope with a double faced wall 1.7m wide and 0.7m high. It has large contiguous inner facing slabs,some outer slabs and natural earthfast boulders with some stone infill. The well defined entrance is in the south-west side (h2). One of at least forty-four well preserved hut circles on the southern side of Leskernick Hill.
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Site history:
1: 1973. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
2: 1976. QUINNELL, NV / OS
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<1> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1879, 1880 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.
Sources / Further Reading
[1] | SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1879, 1880. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
3158 | Part of: LESKERNICK HILL - Bronze Age hut circle settlement, Bronze Age hut circle, Bronze Age field system (Monument) |
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