Chysauster
Ancient Settlement
SW 472 350

Chysauster Ancient Settlement is about 3 miles north of Penzance and is well signposted probably because there is a £1.80 admission charge when you get there. There is a car park opposite a path that leads up to the site which is about ¼ mile from the lane.

     

The site was occupied over a 400 year period between around 100BC and 300AD This is a well restored and maintained Iron Age village with a group of stone huts complete with hearth stones and various household items The remains are well preserved and it is a pleasant site to wander around with only rabbits for company.

 

      

View of a hearth and the fogue

The thick walls form courtyards and divide separate smaller chambers and some even have back doors. Away to the edge of the site are the remains of a collapsed fogue, an underground chamber the purpose of which is uncertain but was most likely for cool storage rather than for ritual. It is certainly a very pleasant site to stroll around for a while.

 

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