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HER Number:	31136.10
Name:	TRENCROM CASTLE - Bronze Age barrow, Iron Age hut circle

Summary

A possible barrow or hut circle in Trencrom Castle.

Grid Reference:	SW 5177 3623
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): 31136.10
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NW 25.1

Monument Type(s):

BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
HUT CIRCLE? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Russell records a possible barrow or hut circle in Trencrom Castle. Halliwell recorded "the distinct traces of a large stone and earth circular barrow". The OS describe the feature as a circular depression 1.3m deep surrounded by a circle of large stones including some set on edge in a bank of earth with a maximum height of 0.5m. It may be a relatively modern excavated feature (h1). The monument is included in the Schedule.

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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> Halliwell, JO, 1847, Rambles in Western Cornwall, 75 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3428.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1---, VOL OF MISC EXTRACTS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS, 4JG (Unedited Source). SCO5375.

<3> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 172-177 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<4> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 19 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]	SCO3428 - Bibliographic reference: Halliwell, JO. 1847. Rambles in Western Cornwall. 75.
[2]	SCO5375 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1---. VOL OF MISC EXTRACTS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS. AT MORRAB LIBRARY, PENZANCE. 4JG.
[3]	SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities. MS At RIC. VOL II, 172-177.
[4]	SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 19.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

ECO4274 - Trencrom Hill: HLS Assessment

Related records

31136

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

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