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<< Text Pages >> Treen Circle - Stone Circle in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 07 October 2002  Page Views: 6538

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Treen Circle
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: SW397222  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.042880N  Longitude: 5.636969W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Destroyed Stone Circle in Cornwall

Formerly marked as 'extant' this circle has been destroyed, more information please.

Burl suggests it may be an Iron Age enclosure.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SW3922 : Slow worm at Treryn Dinas by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2012(licence)
SW3922 : The entrance to Treryn Dinas cliff castle by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
©2009(licence)
SW3922 : The much-travelled path to Treryn Dinas by David Medcalf
by David Medcalf
©2015(licence)
SW3922 : Outer rampart of Treryn Dinas cliff castle by Jim Champion
by Jim Champion
©2006(licence)
SW3922 : Unusual vegetation by David Medcalf
by David Medcalf
©2015(licence)

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 85m ESE 108° Treryn Dinas* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SW39782217)
 230m S 175° The Logan Rock (Treen)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW39712197)
 241m NNE 32° Treen standing stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SW3983722399)
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Re: Treen Circle by Palden on Tuesday, 22 March 2016
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The current consensus in West Cornwall is that Treen Circle is not the site of a former stone circle. It certainly is a significant iron age camp, and the only one in West Penwith that is directly associated with a cliff sanctuary or castle. This is probably because Treryn Dinas overlooks and thus controls Porthcurno, one of the (not many) ancient marine landing places on the peninsula, and also there is good farmland just inland from the camp or settlement - so there are good reasons for an iron age camp at this place.

However, it might go back further than the iron age, as is the case with all cliff sanctuaries or castles in West Penwith, which are now strongly suggested to go back to the neolithic (even though datable constructions on these sites - boundary banks and in a few cases round hut sites - date back to the iron age). The rationale for a neolithic date relates to the 'backbone' alignments that connect neolithic tor enclosures and cliff sanctuaries (see here: Backbone Alignments), forming the geomantic basis by which many key bronze age sites in Penwith were subsequently located. It's pretty safe to say that Treryn Dinas itself is neolithic in first use, but the question remains whether Treen Circle, immediately adjacent to it and protecting the neck of the Dinas, is neolithic or iron age.
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