Verified50.3080° N · 5.2000° W · 190 m
St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces
Bronze Age·Cornish Bronze Age·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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About St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces
St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age. Upland Bronze Age terraces with hut circles and field lynchets on prominent hill. 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
- Multiple hut platforms terraced on slopes of St Agnes Beacon
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
50.3080° N · 5.2000° W · 190 m · 3 mapped features
St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces — Principal Hut
hutMain hut circle
50.3082° N · 5.1999° WSt Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces — Enclosure Wall
wallWalled enclosure
50.3078° N · 5.1998° WSt Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces — Field System
fieldLynchet field banks
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