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<< Our Photo Pages >> Penventinnie Round - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cornwall

Submitted by AngieLake on Friday, 31 August 2007  Page Views: 8787

Multi-periodSite Name: Penventinnie Round Alternative Name: Round 200m north west of Penventinnie
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Truro  Nearest Village: Penventinnie
Map Ref: SW79374603
Latitude: 50.272917N  Longitude: 5.097637W
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
no data 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
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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
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Penventinnie Round
Penventinnie Round submitted by AngieLake : Can anyone help to locate the hillfort in this photo taken by my son whilst enjoying his 40th birthday treat in July? His photos were in order of the long flight in a small plane down the coast from Perranporth air strip to Lands End and back via Truro, which was the pic prior to this one. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Cornwall

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.
(There is then a description of rounds followed by):
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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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Bank on the Western side (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, The Eastern part of the Bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Inside Penventinnie Round (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, The Southern Part of the bank (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Western part of the bank

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Looking out the forts Eastern Entrance

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Looking out the SW modern gap in the bank

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Northern part of the Bank

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, The forts interior

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, Stones in the NW bank showing the makeup of the site

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round, From the West, The fort hasn't been built on the hilltop but on on a South Eastern facing Slope

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. The highest north-western bank.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. Showing the north-west to south-east sloping nature of the site. This photo is the northern part of the round.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. The north-east part of the bank from near the little eastern entrance.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. Looking west from the tiny eastern entrance.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. The southern part.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. Trees lining the Western bank.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. The higher western side looking South.

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Penventinnie Round submitted by Bladup : Penventinnie Round. Outside the bank looking East.

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