Building and enclosure, Trevessa, Towednack, Zennor
Description:
A small rectilinear enclosure shown as Little Garden (TA 201) on the 1839 Tithe Map had two unroofed ruined buildings shown on the 1876 OS map. The northern of these two has since been buried by a dump of cleared boulders, but the southern is still visible although it too has boulders dumped within it. It is now open-ended to the north. It appears to have been gabled as there is a relatively shallow gable at the well-preserved southern end. Walling was dry stone. There is a possible keeping place centrally placed on the inside of the south gable. Internally, the dimesions of the building are c4.5m N-S by c2m. It was most likely a field barn (see 92048), not a dwelling.
The enclosure is attached to the reveted lynchet to its E and its W wall is of dry stone build, with some single uprights and incorporating a number of large natural boulders. A mid-19th century date for the buildings (i.e. between 1839 and 1876) is probable.
Country: England
County: Cornwall
District: Penwith
Parish: Towednack
Grid Reference:
SW482393
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 148220, 39380
Period: 1801 - 1900
Subject: BUILDING, ENCLOSURE
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: 94805
[ADS] Associated Id: HBSMR Id: MNA165072
[ADS] Import RCN: NTSMR-MNA165072
People Involved:
[Publisher] National Trust
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