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HER Number:	31136.30
Name:	TRENCROM CASTLE - Iron Age hut circle

Summary

A probable hut circle consisting of a shallow depression with traces of a bank.

Grid Reference:	SW 5184 3619
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): 31136.30
SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NW 25.3

Monument Type(s):

HUT CIRCLE? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Within Trencrom Castle a probable hut circle survives, consisting of a shallow depression with traces of a bank (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 Borlase, W, 1740, Parochial Memoranda (Unpublished document).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 Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 172-177 (Unpublished document).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[1]	SCO2884 - Unpublished document: Borlase, W. 1740.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[2]	SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914.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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