Verified50.2400° N · 5.3900° W · 40 m
Godrevy Headland Hut Circles
Bronze Age·Cornish Bronze Age·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Godrevy Headland Hut Circles
Godrevy Headland Hut Circles in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age. Coastal Bronze Age settlement with field banks overlooking St Ives Bay. Surveys document interior and comparative analysis.
Why it mattersImportant Cornish Bronze Age ancient-village of the Cornwall, England region
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
- 02Landscape organisation
Theories
- 01Ceremonial aggregation
- 02Subsistence base
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Culture
- Cornish Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Hut circles and field walls on Godrevy headland above Gwithian Sands
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.2400° N · 5.3900° W · 40 m · 4 mapped features
Godrevy Headland Hut Circles — Principal Hut
hutMain hut circle
50.2402° N · 5.3899° WGodrevy Headland Hut Circles — Enclosure Wall
wallWalled enclosure
50.2398° N · 5.3898° WGodrevy Headland Hut Circles — Field System
fieldLynchet field banks
50.2404° N · 5.3902° WGodrevy Headland Hut Circles — Secondary Enclosure
enclosureSecondary walled area
50.2396° N · 5.3902° W