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Site name North Treveneague, St Hilary

Site number 1180

Burial codes 1001 1004 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1127 1129 1143 1155 1181

100bc-AD43 A fogou inside a hill fort excavated in 1866, its end opening into the fort ditch. It comprised an arched chamber hollowed out in the stiff clay without any masonry lining. On the floor of the passage was a deep layer of black greasy mould containing the bones of animals and birds, with some possible human remains, a granite saddle quern, an iron bill-hook common to the La Tene period, other pieces of iron and flint, and fragments of a black Iron Age bowl of polished ware, wheel turned, and resembling those found at Glastonbury Lake Village. The walls showed considerable signs of fire. The chamber contained charcoal only, and the ditch was filled with domestic debris, including a sherd of Swarling type spanning the 1st Century late BC/early AD.

Remains/Period Y1

County Cornwall

Region SW

National grid square SW

X coordinate 540

Y coordinate 320

Bibliographic source Hencken 1932

Query

Site name	North Treveneague, St Hilary
Site number	1180
Burial codes	1001 1004 1021 1023 1026 1028 1030 1035 1036 1042 1048 1051 1065 1075 1084 1092 1098 1104 1111 1127 1129 1143 1155 1181
100bc-AD43	A fogou inside a hill fort excavated in 1866, its end opening into the fort ditch. It comprised an arched chamber hollowed out in the stiff clay without any masonry lining. On the floor of the passage was a deep layer of black greasy mould containing the bones of animals and birds, with some possible human remains, a granite saddle quern, an iron bill-hook common to the La Tene period, other pieces of iron and flint, and fragments of a black Iron Age bowl of polished ware, wheel turned, and resembling those found at Glastonbury Lake Village. The walls showed considerable signs of fire. The chamber contained charcoal only, and the ditch was filled with domestic debris, including a sherd of Swarling type spanning the 1st Century late BC/early AD.
Remains/Period	Y1
County	Cornwall
Region	SW
National grid square	SW
X coordinate	540
Y coordinate	320
Bibliographic source	Hencken 1932