Verified50.1000° N · 5.6200° W · 140 m
Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny
Iron Age·Dumnonii·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny
Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii. Well-preserved beehive dwelling near Sancreed Holy Well, constructed with granite corbelling. Surveys document interior and comparative analysis.
Why it mattersImportant Dumnonii 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. 200 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age
- Culture
- Dumnonii
- Purpose
- Corbelled beehive hut 4 m diameter with narrow entrance, part of unenclosed settlement
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.1000° N · 5.6200° W · 140 m · 3 mapped features
Sancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny — Principal Hut
hutMain hut circle
50.1002° N · 5.6199° WSancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny — Enclosure Wall
wallWalled enclosure
50.0998° N · 5.6198° WSancreed Beehive Hut — Chapel Euny — Field System
fieldLynchet field banks
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