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| HER Number: | 1929.30 |
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| Name: | LADY DOWN - Prehistoric field system |
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Summary
A field system associated with a hut circle settlement and boundary banks, situated on a hillslope and covering 9.0ha of open close-cropped moorland.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SX17NW 9
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 1929.30
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SX17NW 76
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A field system associated with a hut circle settlement and boundary banks (1929), situated on a hillslope and covering 9.0ha of open close-cropped moorland. The field system was first recorded by Dudley (b1) and part of it was surveyed by the OS in 1973 (h1). In the 1980s the RCHM surveyed all the visible remains from the air and on the ground (h2, h3, b2). The fields, which average 0.25ha in size, radiate from a central plot (SX 1042 7635) and are irregular or rectangular in plan. Boundaries are formed by turf covered stony fields banks, 1.8m wide by 0.3m high, which have been robbed out in places. Clearance is visible within the field system, for example at SX 1032 7633, SX 1045 7626 and SX 1048 7635 (and possibly 1929.17). Field bank terminates at a damaged cairn (1997) but because of surface disturbance the chronology cannot be deduced. Four of the boundary banks are connected to the linear boundary bank (1929.1) and the field system incorporated numerous hut circles (1929.4 -1929.17). One of the latter (1929.7) forms part of a small sub-triangular enclosure, which is now cut by a modern drainage channel (h3).
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Site history:
1: 1973. JWS / OS
3: 1984. FLETCHER, M / RCHM
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<1> Dudley, D, 1953, Annotated 6-Inch Map (Bibliographic reference). SCO3265.
<2> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1076 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.
<3> CAU, 198-, Overlay to 1:10,000 SMR Map (Bibliographic reference). SCO5174.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO3265 - Bibliographic reference: Dudley, D. 1953. Annotated 6-Inch Map. |
| [2] | SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1076. |
| [3] | SCO5174 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 198-. Overlay to 1:10,000 SMR Map. At CAU. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 1929 | Part of: LADY DOWN - Prehistoric field system, Prehistoric hut circle settlement (Monument) |
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