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DTSTART:20241019T110000Z
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URL:https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/events/kynance-gate-prehistoric-sett
 lement-led-by-charlie-johns/
SUMMARY:Kynance Gate prehistoric settlement led by Charlie Johns
DESCRIPTION:The prehistoric settlement at Kynance Gate\, in Mullion on the 
 Lizard peninsula\, is first recorded on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 25
 in: 1 mile map (c 1880) and was visited by members of the Royal Instituti
 on of Cornwall following a heath fire in 1896. Otherwise\, the site was la
 rgely forgotten until the early 1950s when a schoolboy found some pottery 
 there. This led Ivor Thomas\, headmaster at Landewednack School\, to initi
 ate a series of excavations between 1953-64.\n\nAt least 20 roundhouses\, 
 in two groups\, were revealed\, east and west of a dramatic rock outcrop\,
  and large quantities of Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery recovered. Interi
 m reports appeared annually in the Lizard Field Club magazines\, but the s
 ite was never formally published.\n\n[caption id="attachment_2566" align="
 alignnone" width="573"] Roundhouse F3 at Kynance Gate (photo courtesy of C
 ornwall National Landscape’s Monumental Improvement project)[/caption]\n
 \nA project is currently in progress to reassess and publish the results o
 f excavations\, supported by the Farming in Protected Landscape (FiPL) sch
 eme and the Tanner Phoenix Trust. The Monumental Improvement project and N
 atural England are currently undertaking site management works to improve 
 access and interpretation.\n\nThe route from the car park to the settlemen
 t is about 0.5 miles across uneven moorland paths with one downhill stretc
 h to cross a wooden bridge over a stream and then up the other side. There
  is an alternative return route via Kynance Cove\, about 0.6 miles\, which
  does require a steep descent to the cove following the SWCP and a steep c
 limb back up to the car park.\n\nWear suitable clothing for the weather co
 nditions and good supportive boots. You may wish to bring a packed lunch o
 r the café in Kynance Cove will be open.\n\nMeet at 11.00 a.m. at the Nat
 ional Trust’s Kynance Cove car park. SW 6885 1320\, What3Words: jams.bea
 ds.stud\n\n(Note that there will be a car parking charge for those who are
  not members of the National Trust.)
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