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HER Number:30696.32
Name:BOSIGRAN - Iron Age courtyard house, Romano British courtyard house, Early Medieval building

Summary

A crow at the north end of a possible courtyard house situated in the east of the settlement to the west of Bosigran.

Grid Reference:SW 4232 3710
Parish:Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT 94461
  • National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 290.16
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30696.32

Monument Type(s):

Full description

A building at the north end of a probable courtyard house 30696.3 at Bosigran was identified as a D-shaped crow by Weatherhill in 1979 (b6). It was probably a prehistoric round room cut by a more recent field boundary. This, the western half, is approximately 6.5m across and it has been refurbished with a stone-faced wall standing up to 1.5m high. It was surveyed at 1:1250 by the CCRA/NT in 1982 (h4, b8-b10). It is visible on air phographs (p1-p3) and was plotted by the NMP.

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Site history:
1: 1961. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
3: 1975. WEATHERHILL, C / CCRA
4: 1982. NDJ ET AL / CCRA, NT
5: 1986. HERRING, PC / CAU
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<1> Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document). SCO3593.

NMR, 1979, SW 4237/7/472 (Photographic Record). SCO16547.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1937, UNKNOWN TITLE, APPENDIX (Article in Journal). SCO7286.

CAU, 1986, F6/69. (Photographic Record). SCO16976.

<3> Hirst, FC, 1937, Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall, 84N, 97 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3594.

CAU, 1988, F15/ 117 - 121 (Photographic Record). SCO17152.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

<5> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 54 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<6> Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C, 1979, A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran (Bibliographic reference). SCO5141.

<7> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 22-24 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.

<8> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 212, 26, 30 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<9> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 683, SW 4236 NW, 4236SW; 68249-11 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

<10> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card, 253 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.

<11> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 102-108 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.

Sources / Further Reading

[p1]SCO16547 - Photographic Record: NMR. 1979. SW 4237/7/472. ABP.
[1]SCO3593 - Unpublished document: Hirst, FC. 19--. Archaeological Notes on West Penwith. MS At Wayside Museum, Zennor.
[p2]SCO16976 - Photographic Record: CAU. 1986. F6/69.. ABP.
[2]SCO7286 - Article in Journal: UNKNOWN. 1937. UNKNOWN TITLE. Proceedings of the West Cornwall Field Club. APPENDIX.
[p3]SCO17152 - Photographic Record: CAU. 1988. F15/ 117 - 121. ABP.
[3]SCO3594 - Bibliographic reference: Hirst, FC. 1937. Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall. Journal British Archaeological Association. 84N, 97.
[4]SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map.
[5]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 54.
[6]SCO5141 - Bibliographic reference: Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C. 1979. A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran.
[7]SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU. 22-24.
[8]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 212, 26, 30.
[9]SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 683, SW 4236 NW, 4236SW; 68249-11.
[10]SCO5175 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 1984. Field Survey Context Card. At CAU. 253.
[11]SCO3569 - Bibliographic reference: Herring, PC. 1987. Bosigran, Zennor. Copy At CAU. 102-108.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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30696Part of: BOSIGRAN - Iron Age settlement, Romano British settlement (Monument)

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