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| HER Number: | 30756.80 |
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| Name: | CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age field system, Romano British field system |
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Summary
Remains of a field system associated with the courtyard house at Chykembro.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 293.40
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 57
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30756.80
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 127
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Hirst records a field system associated with the courtyard house (30756.1) at Chykembro and notes a large hut circle (30756.9) (b1). Russell in 1971 lists the extant remains of a field system (b2). The OS who visited the site in 1975 record that little survives of the Celtic field system which probably once covered the hillslopes to the north of Gear Common. The present field system has been superimposed onto the old one and although some very small fields with 0.5m high field banks are identifiable on the upper hillslopes, the majority have been effaced. The field system is visible on air photos (h1, p1-p4). Weatherhill in 1982 describes the fragmented remains of a large field system covering 35ha (h2, b3). The boundaries visible on air photographs were plotted for the NMP in 1997.
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Site history:
1: 1975. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
2: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
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<1> Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document). SCO3593.
RAF, 1951, 540/518/3152 (Photographic Record). SCO13262.
<2> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 69 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.
OSP, 1973, OS 73044/021 (Photographic Record). SCO15542.
NMR, 1977, SW4437/1/35&6 (Photographic Record). SCO16273.
<3> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 45-47 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.
NMR, 1982, SW4437/3 (Photographic Record). SCO16795.
Sources / Further Reading
| [p1] | SCO13262 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1951. 540/518/3152. ABP. |
| [1] | SCO3593 - Unpublished document: Hirst, FC. 19--. Archaeological Notes on West Penwith. MS At Wayside Museum, Zennor. |
| [p2] | SCO15542 - Photographic Record: OSP. 1973. OS 73044/021. ABP. |
| [2] | SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 69. |
| [p3] | SCO16273 - Photographic Record: NMR. 1977. SW4437/1/35&6. ABP. |
| [3] | SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU. 45-47. |
| [p4] | SCO16795 - Photographic Record: NMR. 1982. SW4437/3. ABP. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 30756 | Part of: CHYKEMBRO - Iron Age/Romano British settlement (Monument) |
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