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| HER Number: | 30690.10 |
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| Name: | BOSPORTHENNIS - Medieval building, Post Medieval building |
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Summary
A roughly rectangular, two room hut built inside a courtyard house.
Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument CO500: Settlement S of beehive hut
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT 91178
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 43.1
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30690.10
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 174
Monument Type(s):
- BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
The MOW in 1956 record a courtyard house (30690) at Bosporthennis in which is built a roughly rectangular hut measuring 7.3m by 3.0m, of dry stone walling (h1, b1). The OS who surveyed the site in 1960 at 1:2500 record a rectangular building of two room plan with dry walls 1.2m in height, which they date to the medieval period (h2). The OS resurveyed at 1:2500 in 1975 and record what is almost certainly a medieval hut adapted from the courtyard house (h3). The site was planned at 1:200 by CCRA in 1983 who recorded it as 7.4m by 3.6m externally. One gable stands to 1.2m high, there is a sub-dividing wall but no fire place. Each room has an entrance on the long north-east wall; each is approx 0.5m wide, rather narrow for livestock (h6, b4-b6). It may have been a fodder store. Nowakowski considers it to be mid-19th century as it is not on the 1840 Tithe Map but is shown unroofed on the 1880s OS 1:2500 map (b8). The monument is included in the Schedule.
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Site history:
1: 1956. SAUNDERS, AD / MOW
2: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
3: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
4: 1981. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
5: 1985. SHEPPARD, PA / DOE
6: 1983. NDJ, APJ / CCRA
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<1> Saunders, A (for DOE), 1956, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5179.
<2> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 54 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.
<3> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.
<4> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 1047 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.
<5> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 62211 & 2 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.
<6> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card, 84 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.
<7> Sheppard, PA (for DOE), 19--, Scheduled Monument Description (Bibliographic reference). SCO5181.
<8> Nowakowski, JA, 1987, Bosporthennis, West Penwith, Zennor, 45, 53, FIG 20 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4015.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO5179 - Bibliographic reference: Saunders, A (for DOE). 1956. Scheduled Monument Description. HBMC / English Heritage. |
| [2] | SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 54. |
| [3] | SCO5181 - Bibliographic reference: Sheppard, PA (for DOE). 19--. Scheduled Monument Description. HBMC / English Heritage. |
| [4] | SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 1047. |
| [5] | SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 62211 & 2. |
| [6] | SCO5175 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 1984. Field Survey Context Card. At CAU. 84. |
| [7] | SCO5181 - Bibliographic reference: Sheppard, PA (for DOE). 19--. Scheduled Monument Description. HBMC / English Heritage. |
| [8] | SCO4015 - Bibliographic reference: Nowakowski, JA. 1987. Bosporthennis, West Penwith, Zennor. At CAU. 45, 53, FIG 20. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 30690 | Part of: BOSPORTHENNIS - Iron Age courtyard house, Romano British courtyard house (Monument) |
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