Kynance Gate Settlement

Nearest town:
Mullion (5km NNW)
OS reference:
SW688139
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
49° 58' 47.03 N
Longitude:
5° 13' 31 W
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Images

Image of Kynance Gate Settlement by thesweetcheat

F4, one of the less well-preserved houses in the southern group.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.6.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 21, 2013
Image of Kynance Gate Settlement by thesweetcheat

F3, the largest of the round house structures in the group.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.6.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 21, 2013
Image of Kynance Gate Settlement by thesweetcheat

The southern part of the settlement is built around this prominent rock outcrop.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.6.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 21, 2013
Image of Kynance Gate Settlement by thesweetcheat

The best preserved of the round houses in the southern settlement (I think it’s F1 on the plan).

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.6.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 21, 2013
Image of Kynance Gate Settlement by thesweetcheat

Ivor Thomas’ 1960 plan of the southern (enclosed) part of the settlement, from the info board on site.

Image credit: Ivor Thomas (1960)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 21, 2013

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Miscellaneous

Kynance Gate Settlement
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
pure joy
pure joy May 27, 2003

Mentioned by Craig Weatherhill, in “Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall & Scilly” (Cornwall Books – 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) – “The settlement is divided into two main groups of dwellings. The northern group has five detached round houses averaging 9m in diameter and standing on artificial terraces. Other huts may lie beneath the dense scrub. The southern group, 60m away, is clustered around a natural rock outcrop and consists of eight huts connected by an irregular ring wall. Bronze Age hearths and pottery – over 2,000 sherds – were found here, indicating that the Early Iron Age settlement is on a Middle Bronze Age site which seems to have been abandoned c.1000bc (1250 BC), then resettled in the Iron Age. Hut walls exist to a height of 0.5m.”

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