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HER Number:33201.40
Name:BOSIGRAN - Iron Age clearance cairn, Romano British clearance cairn

Summary

Scattered through the main radial field system and one more particularly through the west and central of the three irregular field systems are numerous small stone clearance heaps, mostly built on natural boulders.

Grid Reference:SW 4197 3694
Parish:Zennor, Penwith, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): NT
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 33201.40

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Scattered through the main radial field system (33201) and one more particularly through the west and central of the three irregular field systems attached to it (33201.1 and 33201.2) are numerous small stone clearance heaps, mostly built on natural boulders. Planned at 1:1250 by the CCRA and the National Trust in 1982 (h2, b6-8) and visited by Herring in 1986 (h3, b9). Heaps rarely exceed 2m in diameter and 0.4m high (b9).

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 Hirst, FC, 19--, Archaeological Notes on West Penwith (Unpublished document).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

<2> Hirst, FC, 1937, Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall, 84N, 97 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3594.

<3> Russell, V, 1971, West Penwith Survey, 69 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4314.

<4> Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C, 1979, A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran (Bibliographic reference). SCO5141.

<5> Weatherhill, C, 1982, Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey, 22-24 (Bibliographic reference). SCO5029.

<6> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 214, 5, 11 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.

<7> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 683, SW4136NE, 4137NE, 4236NW, 4237SW (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.

<8> CAU, 1984, Field Survey Context Card (Bibliographic reference). SCO5175.

<9> Herring, PC, 1987, Bosigran, Zennor, 109-111, FIG 28 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3569.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3593 - Unpublished document: Hirst, FC. 19--. Archaeological Notes on West Penwith. MS At Wayside Museum, Zennor.
[2]SCO3594 - Bibliographic reference: Hirst, FC. 1937. Courtyard House Sites in West Cornwall. Journal British Archaeological Association. 84N, 97.
[3]SCO4314 - Bibliographic reference: Russell, V. 1971. West Penwith Survey. 69.
[4]SCO5141 - Bibliographic reference: Pool, PAS & Weatherhill, C. 1979. A Report to the National Trust: Iron Age Sites at Bosigran.
[5]SCO5029 - Bibliographic reference: Weatherhill, C. 1982. Courtyard Houses of West Penwith. A Survey. MS At CAU. 22-24.
[6]SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 214, 5, 11.
[7]SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 683, SW4136NE, 4137NE, 4236NW, 4237SW.
[8]SCO5175 - Bibliographic reference: CAU. 1984. Field Survey Context Card. At CAU.
[9]SCO3569 - Bibliographic reference: Herring, PC. 1987. Bosigran, Zennor. Copy At CAU. 109-111, FIG 28.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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