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III.—Excavations at Chun Castle in Penwith, Cornwall (Second Report)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2011

E. Thurlow Leeds
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The investigation of the interior of the castle in 1925 resulted in the discovery of a series of furnaces in front of the well, the exploration of a circular house east of the well, and partial excavation of an area near the wall on the east side of the castle. The accumulation of debris from the wall, however, prevented continuation of this last piece of work right up to the wall itself. In 1927, therefore, with the kind permission of Mr. N. Matthews, who, since the first exploration in 1925, had acquired the property on which Chun Castle stands, it was decided to conduct further excavations in order to ascertain the nature of the site by the east wall and to investigate another portion of the interior of the castle.

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Archaeologia , Volume 81 , 1931 , pp. 33 - 42
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1931

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page 35 note 1 These two large blocks would fall into the line of the wall, and for that reason may be original.

page 41 note 1 Wilts. Arch. Mag., vol. 38, pp. 86-91.

page 42 note 1 Flanged-rim bowls, as Miss M. V. Taylor, F.S.A., has kindly pointed out to me, are characteristic of early Roman deposits in the West of England. At Wroxeter, (Wroxeter, 1912, p. 70Google Scholar , no. 10), at Gellygaer (Ward, J., Roman Fort at Gellygaer, 1903, pl. x)Google Scholar , and at Caerleon {Archaeologia, lxxviii, 178-80, fig. 19) they occur with some frequency. At the first-named site they were assigned to a period from A.D. 80-110. The earlier forms were there distinguished by their more vertical walls as also by the right or even acute angle made by the junction of the rim and wall, as contrasted with the obtuse angle found in later forms. Whether this type of bowl goes back into the pre-Roman period in Britain seems to be doubtful.

page 42 note 2 A. Bulleid and H. St. Gray, George, Glastonbury Lake Village, pi. LXXVIII, p. 154.Google Scholar