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Summary

A stone to the south of the chamber of Chun Quoit, oriented north-south, recorded as part of a possible cist.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument CO1088: Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Heritage at Risk (National): English Heritage, South West
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43SW 29
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30518.10
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43SW 123.1

Monument Type(s):

• CIST? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2501 BC)

Full description

Henderson records a stone 1.5m in breadth lying 2.4m to the south of the chamber of Chun Quoit (30518) and within the remains of the barrow. It is set on edge with a smaller stone lying prostrate up to 1.0m away and may be the remains of a second cist (b9). The OS in 1961 record that a stone 1.0m long and 0.7m high on the south side of the barrow is that referred to by Henderson as being part of a cist. This could not be confirmed, but the orientation of the stone, north-south towards the chamber, indicated that it is not part of the retaining circle. The prostrate smaller stone could not be found (h1).

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Site history:
1: 1961. QUINNELL, NV /OS
2: 1975. FLETCHER, MJ / OS
3: 1979. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
4: 1981. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
5: 1982. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
6: 1983. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
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Lefort Geophysics, 2015, Chun Downs, near Pendeen, Cornwall (Report). SCO27139.

<1> Borlase, W, 1769, Antiquities Historical and Monumental of the County of Cornwall, 230, PL 287 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2878.

<2> BUCKLER, A, 1821, ILLUSTRATION, F179 (Unedited Source). SCO5827.

<3> Blight, JT, 1870, The Cromlechs of Cornwall, 102-108 (Unpublished document). SCO2870.

<4> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 55-59, 269 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<5> DYMOND, CW, 1877, UNKNOWN TITLE, VOL 33, 178 (Unedited Source). SCO6348.

<6> Lukis, WC & Borlase, WC, 1885, Prehistoric Stone Monuments: Cornwall, 9, 24 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3881.

<7> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, 364-365, PL 366 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 6 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4051.

<9> Henderson, C, 1914, Notebooks of Parochial Antiquities, 118, PLAN 116 (Unpublished document). SCO3503.

<10> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 48, 125, 304, 319 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.

<11> MOW, 19--, OW 819 (Unedited Source). SCO6723.

<12> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<13> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 21 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<14> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<15> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<16> Barnatt, J, 1982, Prehistoric Cornwall: The Ceremonial Monuments, 124-126, 246 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2777.

<17> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

<18> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO4309 - Chun Downs, near Pendeen, Cornwall (Ref: 12-0001.01)

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