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HER Number:30668.10
Name:WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age cist

Summary

A cist with a cairn excavated by WC Borlase, containing a cremation.

Grid Reference:SW 4191 3545
Parish:Morvah, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 36.1
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30668.10
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 27.1

Monument Type(s):

  • CIST (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Full description

WC Borlase recorded a cist within a cairn (30688) at Watch Croft which he excavated in 1863. A flat stone 0.9m square covered the cist which was about 0.45m deep, and inside which he found an urn (30668.11) containing calcined bones. Under a slanting rock were more bones and a limpet shell. Quantities of ash, burnt bones, a few pebbles and charred wood were found throughout the mound. On top of the earth in the cist on which the cover stone had been resting, lay a third brass Roman coin, with several more inside the cist (30668.12, b1). The OS surveyed the remains of the cairn at 1:2500 in 1960 and recorded no surface traces of the cist (h1). Russell in 1971 lists the cist in her entry for the cairn (b7).

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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<1> Borlase, WC, 1863, Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63, 6-17, 21, 23-25 (Unpublished document). SCO2890.

<2> Borlase, WC, 18--, Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall, 22-28 (Unpublished document). SCO2888.

<3> Borlase, WC, 1872, Naenia Cornubiae, 247-252, 263 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2892.

<4> Borlase, WC, 1882, Laregan Museum List, 90, 161 (Unpublished document). SCO2891.

<5> Abercromby, J, 1912, Bronze Age Pottery, VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467 (Bibliographic reference). SCO2711.

<6> Page, W (Editor), 1906, Victoria History of the County of Cornwall, VOL II, PT 5, 38 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4068.

<7> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 21 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO2890 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1863. Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63. MS At RIC. 6-17, 21, 23-25.
[2]SCO2888 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 18--. Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall. MS At RIC. 22-28.
[3]SCO2892 - Bibliographic reference: Borlase, WC. 1872. Naenia Cornubiae. 247-252, 263.
[4]SCO2891 - Unpublished document: Borlase, WC. 1882. Laregan Museum List. MS At RIC. 90, 161.
[5]SCO2711 - Bibliographic reference: Abercromby, J. 1912. Bronze Age Pottery. VOL 2, 45-6, FIG 467.
[6]SCO4068 - Bibliographic reference: Page, W (Editor). 1906. Victoria History of the County of Cornwall. VOL II, PT 5, 38.
[7]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 21.

Associated Finds

  • FCO3671 - MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO2659 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO2660 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
  • FCO3672 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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