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HER Number:31136.40
Name:TRENCROM CASTLE - Iron Age hut circle

Summary

Two probable hut circles consisting of two vague depressions with traces of banks, 6.0m and 9.0m diameter.

Grid Reference:SW 5181 3617
Parish:Ludgvan, Penwith, Cornwall
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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): 31136.40
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW53NW 25.4-25.5

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Within Trencrom Castle, two probable hut circles survive. They consist of two vague depressions with traces of banks, 6.0m and 9.0m diameter. They are divided by two large slabs on edge (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 Borlase, W, 1740, Parochial Memoranda (Unpublished document).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 Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, VOL II, 172-177 (Unpublished document).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[1]SCO2884 - Unpublished document: Borlase, W. 1740.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[2]SCO3503 - Unpublished document: Henderson, C. 1914.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

31136Part of: TRENCROM CASTLE - Neolithic tor enclosure, Iron Age hillfort (Monument)