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Multi-periodSite Name: Penventinnie Round Alternative Name: Round 200m north west of PenventinnieCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Truro Nearest Village: Penventinnie
Map Ref: SW79374603
Latitude: 50.272917N Longitude: 5.097637W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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This 'Round' is listed by English Heritage in its Record of Scheduled Monuments.
Monument: Round 200m north west of Penventinnie.
Parish: Kenwyn
District: Carrick
County: Cornwall
National Monument No: 29614
Nat Grid Ref: SW 79374603
Description of the monument:
The monument includes a near circular defended late prehistoric enclosure, or round, with an inner bank and wide outer ditch, located just off the summit of a natural north facing spur. The site of the round is on the south eastern facing side of the spur above the river Kenwyn.
It consists of an oval interior area, 85m north east - south west by 60m north west - south east, defended by a single earthen rampart surviving 8m wide and 2m high around the entire circuit except where entrance ways occur. An original entrance on the north east side has been complemented by a more recent entrance on the south west. Surrounding the rampart is an outer ditch 3.5m wide and 1.8m deep on the northern side but far less easily distinguishable on the southern side where colluvial deposits have probably settled into the down-slope portion of the ditch. The enclosure possesses the natural outer defences of the Kenwyn River and its tributaries on three sides, the remaining open side being to the south west.
The area around Penventinnie includes other sites broadly contemporary with the Iron Age to Roman occupation of the round; these include other rounds at Threemilestone, Higher Besore, and Polstain, 1.4km, 1.45km, and 1.9km to the south west respectively, and at Carvinack 2km to the north west. A much larger enclosed settlement, a hillfort at Bosvisack, is situated on high ground 1km to the west of this monument.
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The round north west of Penventinnie is a well preserved example of its class and will retain archaeological evidence for the monument's construction, the lives of its inhabitants, and the landscape in which they lived.
Scheduling History
Monument included in the Schedule on 14th October 1975 as:
County/Number: Cornwall 981
Name: Round 220 yards (200m) SW of Governs Wood
The reference of this monument is now:
National Monument Number: 29614
Name: Round 200m north west of Penventinnie
Scheduling Affirmed on 08th July 1997.
(Thanks to Jim Champion for tracking down the whereabouts of this site from a photo I posted. The aerial photograph was taken by my eldest son, Warren Lake, during a light-aircraft flight - a present from his dad, Roger - to celebrate his 40th birthday on 1st July 2007. Funnily enough, this Round is not far from Treliske Hospital in Truro, where our youngest son Adam was born in December 1973, while we were living in Newquay!)
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