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HER Number: | 30668 |
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Name: | WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age cairn |
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Summary
A cairn 8.8m in diameter and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 289.40
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW43NW 36.1
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 30668
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW43NW 27
Monument Type(s):
- CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2500 BC to 801 BC)
Full description
WC Borlase recorded two cairns at Watch Croft (see also 30673). The south west barrow, 8.8m in diameter and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge, was excavated by him in 1863. Inside he found a cist (30668.1) containing an urn (30668.11). On top of a cist, below its covering stone he found several Roman coins (30688.12) (b1, b3). The OS surveyed the cairn at 1:2500 in 1960. It is 1.7m high and 13.0m in diameter, and consists of a circular dry stone wall of large granite blocks with loose granite rubble piled within and around it. The top is slightly inclined towards the centre and a large outcropping rock is built into the south side of the wall. The cairn is very spread and mutilated by two excavations within the walling. The natural rock and shallow depression mentioned by Borlase is just inside the north circumference of the wall. The depression may be natural as two other large rocks near the cairn here have well formed rock basins. No trace remains of the cist which Borlase discovered (h1). Russell in 1971 listed the extant remains of the cairn (b7), and the OS who revisited the site in 1975 record no change from the survey in 1960 (h2). Gerrard in 1985 recorded that the centre of the cairn had been "robbed", possibly a reference to Borlase's trench (h3, b8, b9). The cairn is visible as a stone bank forming a subcircular enclosure on air photographs (p1) and was plotted for the NMP.
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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
2: 1975. QUINNELL, NV / OS
3: 1985. GERRARD, GAM / CAU
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<1> Borlase, WC, 1863, Excavations and Discoveries 1862-63, 6-17, 21, 23-25 (Unpublished document). SCO2890.
NMR, 1977, SW4135/5/72&3 (Photographic Record). SCO16231.
<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 Borlase, WC, 18--, Antiquarian Notes on Cornwall, 22-28 (Unpublished document).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.
<8> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, Field Drawing (GRE), GRE 232 (Cartographic materials). SCO5089.
<9> Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 198-, Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH), GRH 684, SW 4135 (Cartographic materials). SCO5088.
Sources / Further Reading
[p1] | SCO16231 - Photographic Record: NMR. 1977. SW4135/5/72&3. ABP. |
[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. |
[8] | SCO5089 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Field Drawing (GRE). GRE 232. |
[9] | SCO5088 - Cartographic materials: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 198-. Drawing Archive, Hanging (GRH). GRH 684, SW 4135. |
Associated Finds
- FCO8619 - POT (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
- FCO8620 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
30668.10 | Parent of: WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age cist (Monument) |
30668.11 | Parent of: WATCH CROFT - Bronze Age findspot (Find Spot) |
30668.12 | Parent of: WATCH CROFT - Romano British findspot (Find Spot) |
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