SW4735 : Chysauster - Looking over House 6
taken 2 years ago, near to Newmill, Cornwall, England
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).