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HER Number: | 33201.20 |
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Name: | BOSIGRAN - Middle Iron Age field system |
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Summary
Irregular field system at Bosigran, Zennor.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 33201.20
Monument Type(s):
Full description
An irregular field system with small fields defined by heavy stone lynchets and stony banks, some with modern drystone walls running along them. Planned at 1:1250 by CCRA and the National Trust in 1982 (h2, b6-8). Visited by Herring in 1986 (h3, b9). It is clearly attached to the north of the main Iron Age/Romano-British radial field system 33201. Only partially re-used by later farmers so most boundaries and internal features, notably clearance heaps (33201.4) are well preserved, making this part of one of the most important prehistoric field systems in West Cornwall (b9). Suggested as dating from the Middle Iron Age using optically stimulated luminescence dating on similar samples elsewhere in Bosigran (10).
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Site history:
1: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
2: 1982. NDJ ET AL / CCRA, NT
3: 1986. HERRING, PC / CAU
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<1> Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document). SCO3593.
<2> Hirst, FC, 1937, Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall, 84N, 97 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3594.
<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 69 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.
<4> Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C, 1979, A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran (Bibliographic reference). SCO5141.
<5> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 22-24 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.
<6> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 214, 5, 11 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.
<7> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 683, SW4136NE, 4137NE, 4236NW, 4237SW (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.
<8> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.
<9> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 109-111, FIG 28 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.
<10> Vervust, S., Kinnaird, T., Herring, P. & Turner, S., 2020, Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall (Article in Serial). SCO29324.
Sources / Further Reading
[1] | SCO3593 - Unpublished document: Hirst, FC. 19--. Archaeological Notes on West Penwith. MS At Wayside Museum, Zennor. |
[2] | SCO3594 - Bibliographic reference: Hirst, FC. 1937. Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall. Journal British Archaeological Association. 84N, 97. |
[3] | SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 69. |
[4] | SCO5141 - Bibliographic reference: Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C. 1979. A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran. |
[5] | SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU. 22-24. |
[6] | SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 214, 5, 11. |
[7] | SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 683, SW4136NE, 4137NE, 4236NW, 4237SW. |
[8] | SCO5175 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 1984. Field Survey Context Card. At CAU. |
[9] | SCO3569 - Bibliographic reference: Herring, PC. 1987. Bosigran, Zennor. Copy At CAU. 109-111, FIG 28. |
[10] | SCO29324 - Article in Serial: Vervust, S., Kinnaird, T., Herring, P. & Turner, S.. 2020. Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran, Cornwall. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO5868 - Optically stimulated luminescence profiling and dating of earthworks: the creation and development of prehistoric field boundaries at Bosigran
Related records
33201 | Part of: BOSIGRAN - Iron Age lynchet, Romano British lynchet (Monument) |
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