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HER Number: | 31136.20 |
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Name: | TRENCROM CASTLE - Iron Age hut circle |
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Summary
A hut circle within Trencrom Castle.
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): 31136.20
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NW 25.2
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Within Trencrom Castle is a double circle of stones set on edge in a fragmentary grass covered bank 0.3m high. This is the only feature on Trencrom Hill that can be identified with any confidence as a hut circle (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> Borlase, W, 1740, Parochial Memoranda (Unpublished document). SCO2884.
<2> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 172-177 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.
<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 50 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.
Sources / Further Reading
[1] | SCO2884 - Unpublished document: Borlase, W. 1740. Parochial Memoranda. MS At RIC. |
[2] | SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914. Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities. MS At RIC. VOL II, 172-177. |
[3] | SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 50. |
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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