2021

SW4735 : Chysauster - Looking over House 6

taken 2 years ago, near to Newmill, Cornwall, England

Chysauster - Looking over House 6
Chysauster - Looking over House 6
Taken from the wooden viewing stand to the east of House 6 looking across its interior.
Chysauster Ancient Village

Chysauster Ancient Village consists of the remains of a settlement of courtyard houses from the Romano-British period. The inhabitants lived in stone-walled houses, each with a number of rooms arranged round a courtyard. This unique layout is only found only in late Iron Age and Romano-British settlements in western Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Chysauster probably has its origins in the middle Iron Age (from about 400 BC). Occupation in the surrounding area is likely to have begun much earlier with the marks field systems and associated small round houses visible by aerial photography; these are believed to date from the Bronze Age (2300–800 BC).


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Village, Rural settlement Housing, Dwellings Place: Chysauster Primary Subject: Ancient Site other tags: Ancient Village Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 October, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 10 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 472 350 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:9.6728N 5:32.4129W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SW 472 350
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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