Verified50.0600° N · 5.2800° W · 20 m
Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar
Bronze Age·Cornish Bronze Age·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar
Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age. Dune-buried settlement exposed by erosion, associated with Loe Pool lagoon. 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
- Cluster of hut circles on dunes behind Loe Bar shingle bank
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.0600° N · 5.2800° W · 20 m · 4 mapped features
Gunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar — Principal Hut
hutMain hut circle
50.0602° N · 5.2799° WGunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar — Enclosure Wall
wallWalled enclosure
50.0598° N · 5.2798° WGunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar — Field System
fieldLynchet field banks
50.0604° N · 5.2802° WGunwalloe Hut Circles — Loe Bar — Secondary Enclosure
enclosureSecondary walled area
50.0596° N · 5.2802° W