#chysauster

Chysauster, Iron Age Settlement, Penzance, Cornwall.

Poems by The Silicon Tribesman. Images by Ben Williams. All Rights Reserved, 2020. Repost only with full credits.

Chysauster village, Cornwall, UK. 1st century BC - 3rd century AD.

Poems by The Silicon Tribesman. Images by Ben Williams. All Rights Reserved, 2020. Repost only with full credits.

SELF: Chysauster. Many moons ago when the world was young. Me, and the iron age village of Chysauster in West Cornwall. For many more posts of self and more, simply follow the link: https://johnhopperartist.blogspot.com/

Chysauster village is believed to have been inhabited from about 100 BC until the 3rd century AD. It it was primarily agricultural and unfortified and probably occupied by members of the Dumnonii tribe. The village consists of the remains of around 10 courtyard houses. Eight of the houses form two distinct rows, and each house had an open central courtyard surrounded by a number of thatched rooms. The houses have a similar layout. The buildings are oriented on an east-west axis, with the entrance facing east. The walls survive to heights of up to about 10 feet. A field system in the vicinity attests to the site's agricultural heritage.

Chysauster is a late Iron Age and Romano-British village of courtyard houses in Cornwall, including eight to ten houses. To the south east are the remains of a fogou, an underground structure of uncertain function. The village is believed to have been inhabited from about 100 BC until the 3rd century AD and was was primarily agricultural and unfortified and probably occupied by members of the Dumnonii tribe.