Chysauster Ancient Village (English Heritage)
Gulval
Penzance
Cornwall
TR20 8XA
England
Website
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/chysauster-ancient-village/
Telephone
07831 757934
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This Iron Age settlement was originally occupied almost 2,000 years ago.
The village consisted of stone-walled homesteads known as 'courtyard houses', found only on the Land's End peninsula and the Isles of Scilly. The houses line a 'village street', and each had an open central courtyard surrounded by a number of thatched rooms.
There are also the remains of an enigmatic 'fogou' underground passage.
Venue Type:
Historic house or home, Prehistoric site, Archaeological site
