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Godrevy, manor of, Godrevy, Gwithian, Cornwall
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Crane Godrevy manor, on the level summit of Godrevy Towans at an elevation of about 70m OD | ruin by 1750 | October 2014
The medieval manor house of Crane Godrevy, dating from
the late tenth or early eleventh century, is located on the summit of the towans
Crane Godrevy, on the level summit of
Godrevy Towans at an elevation of about 70m OD. The site commands extensive views both of the
coastline and inland. Excavations under the direction of Charles Thomas took place intermittently from
1952?1969. The earliest archaeology is a round dating from the Romano-British period, although
possibly commenced in the late Iron Age (Quinnell 2007b), but which was later abandoned. Re-
occupation for reasonably long periods spanned the mid to late medieval periods. A sunken-walled
structure was on this site by the late tenth or early eleventh century which was expanded and modified
into a ‘manorial complex’ by the fourteenth century (Figure 5.21). The site was abandoned around the
end of the sixteenth century and was a ruin by about 1750 (Thomas 1954?55, 1969; St
5.1.2.8 Crane Godrevy
There is evidence of multi-period occupation at the site of Crane Godrevy, on the level summit ofGodrevy Towans at an elevation of about 70m OD. The site commands extensive views both of the
coastline and inland. Excavations under the direction of Charles Thomas took place intermittently from
1952?1969. The earliest archaeology is a round dating from the Romano-British period, although
possibly commenced in the late Iron Age (Quinnell 2007b), but which was later abandoned. Re-
occupation for reasonably long periods spanned the mid to late medieval periods. A sunken-walled
structure was on this site by the late tenth or early eleventh century which was expanded and modified
into a ‘manorial complex’ by the fourteenth century (Figure 5.21). The site was abandoned around the
end of the sixteenth century and was a ruin by about 1750 (Thomas 1954?55, 1969; Sturgess and Lawson
Jones 2006b; Nowakowski and Thomas 2007)
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