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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chysauster - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Cornwall

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Chysauster
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW47243502  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.161208N  Longitude: 5.540355W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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ajmp3003 visited on 1st Jan 2027 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

micske visited on 1st Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4

bishop_pam visited on 24th Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

TheCaptain visited on 14th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Day down to Penwith and start with a visit to Chysauster, which is looking magnificent on this bluesky morning, I just love it with all the wildflowers out. A lot of tidying work has been done around most of the houses, and some informative signs installed, along with a raised viewing area allowing a vision of the whole site. So fabulous to see this wonderful ancient village again.

SandyG visited on 18th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Catrinm visited on 21st Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Never got round to visiting before - though been to Carn Euny impressive site with great views.

bat400 visited on 1st Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4

ocifant visited on 1st May 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Not accessible to the disabled, there's a steep climb up hill, and steps to get to the field where the settlement lies. A small hut with EH tat for sale, but a friendly volunteer there on my visit.

jeffrep visited on 13th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

coin visited on 7th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 One of the best villages around

h_fenton visited on 9th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 This time I arrived at Chysauster half an hour before closing time, I wanted to get some more aerial photographs, I got permission. Kite and camera rushed into the air, I spent the next 45minutes thoroughly photographing the site, unfortunately the sun was still fairly high in the sky so some of the earthworks didn't show as well as they might otherwise do. staff at the site were relaxed about closing time and by the time I had finished there were still a couple of other visitors wandering around. Nice Ambience.

h_fenton visited on 16th Oct 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Arrived at Chysauster early before the site was quite open, got my free entry with my CADW life membership card, and got permission to fly my kite here. A nice relaxed time, light winds, I was amazed everytime I brought my camera back to the ground how different and understandable everything seemed from the viewpoint far above my head. On the ground you walk through the courtyard houses; peer into the different rooms, but you don't really get the spatial relationship of everything, but the view from the camera hanging beneath the kite just gives the different rooms, different houses, spaces between all a context and enhances the understanding of this remarkable site.

lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Ergler Humbucker celticmaiden55 kelpie hamish JimChampion cazzyjane NickyD have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.85 Ambience: 4.15 Access: 3.85

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Chysauster submitted by cromagnonman : Part of Chysauster taken at sunrise. Spring 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
In the care of English Heritage, Chysauster is a fantastic example of an Iron Age and Romano-British village. Nine stone houses stand along the line of a street, each approximately 27m long. All have a central courtyard with small rooms leading off. In the centre of some of the main rooms is a stone with a hole in which probably held a timber pole, supporting a thatched roof.

There is also a ruined fogou on site to the south of the houses. (see nearby sites list below)

For more information see the scheduling record for Historic England List ID 1006726 (Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system) and Pastscape Monument No. 423417, which tells us: "Chysauster was a settlement mainly occupied between the second and third centuries AD. However, there is evidence for Iron Age settlement and earlier exploitation of the landscape since at least the middle Bronze Age. It is situated on the Lands End peninsula one mile west of the hillfort of Castle-an-Dinas and reached by way of the St Ives to Penzance road".

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Chysauster Ancient Settlement, Near Gulval, Cornwall, which includes directions for finding this site, an aerial photograph, an illustration, background information and a list of reference sources for more information.

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Chysauster submitted by Humbucker : Stumbled across the signs for the settlement while staying near Penzance & couldn't resist a visit. Only one other family when I visited & when they left I had the place to myself. Very atmospheric. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chysauster submitted by jeffrep : The grand view from House 5 in Chysauster Ancient Settlement in Cornwall, England. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chysauster submitted by vicky : One of the houses if Chysauster Ancient Village at GR: SW472350 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chysauster submitted by h_fenton : Vertical Kite Aerial Photograph of a courtyard house at Chysauster ancient village. Photo taken: 9 April 2010 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chysauster submitted by h_fenton : Vertical Kite Aerial Photograph of a large courtyard house at Chysauster ancient village. Photo taken: 16 October 2008 You can just see me standing on at the far left (centre) of the photo leaning on the wall of the house next door. (1 comment)

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Chysauster submitted by Humbucker : Entrances to two of the dwellings.

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Chysauster submitted by h_fenton : Kite Aerial Photograph of part of the site of Chysauster ancient village. Photo taken: 16 October 2008 (7 comments)

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Chysauster submitted by Humbucker : The view from inside one of the Chysauster dwellings.

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Chysauster submitted by lucasn : The courtyard houses at Chysauster, as seen from the viewing area

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Chysauster submitted by postman : July 2006

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Chysauster submitted by Bladup : Sunset at Chysauster

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Chysauster submitted by coin : Interior of one of the huts.

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Chysauster submitted by coin : Paving in one of the huts.

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Chysauster submitted by JimChampion : August 2010. Composite photo of the main entrance to "House 6" at Chysauster.

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Chysauster Ancient Village submitted by Arjessa : Chysauster Ancient Village, Cornwall.

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Chysauster submitted by bec-zog : Chysauter "settlement"

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Chysauster submitted by enkidu41 : SW 473350 The magnificent late Iron Age/Romano-British village consisting of 9 courtyard houses.

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Chysauster submitted by TheCaptain : A raised viewing area allows a vision of the whole site.

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Chysauster submitted by TheCaptain : A strange "megalithic" structure in one of the houses. I dont think they know its purpose. (1 comment)

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Chysauster submitted by TheCaptain : A lot of tidying work has been done around most of the houses

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Chysauster submitted by TheCaptain

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Chysauster Fogou submitted by lucasn : Inside the fogou

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Chysauster submitted by lucasn : Gap in the wall

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Chysauster submitted by SandyG : House 6. View from north east.

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 194m S 189° Chysauster Fogou* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW47203483)
 339m NNW 344° Carnaquidden Kerb Cairn* Ring Cairn (SW47163535)
 621m SE 130° Gulval downs settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW477346)
 791m NW 314° Carnaquidden Downs* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW467356)
 921m ENE 74° Tonkins Downs* Round Cairn (SW48143523)
 1.1km NNW 345° Conquer downs* Barrow Cemetery (SW470361)
 1.2km SSW 199° Boscreege barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SW468339)
 1.2km WNW 293° Trye Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW46143555)
 1.2km WNW 303° Try Round* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW46243575)
 1.2km E 88° Castle An Dinas (Penwith)* Hillfort (SW48493500)
 1.3km W 265° Try Menhir (Cornwall)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW4596434975)
 1.3km N 356° Lady downs standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW47203630)
 1.4km SW 234° Cranken Courtyard Houses* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW46073424)
 1.5km NW 320° St Senara Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW4631136232)
 1.6km N 352° Lady Downs* Barrow Cemetery (SW471366)
 1.6km SW 228° Lower Crankan Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW460340)
 1.8km W 264° Mulfra Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW454349)
 1.9km NW 320° Huel Creek barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SW46093650)
 2.0km N 356° Noon Veor cist* Cist (SW472370)
 2.1km N 4° Embla Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SW47483707)
 2.1km W 277° Mulfra Quoit* Portal Tomb (SW45183536)
 2.1km NNW 337° Trewey Common* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW465370)
 2.2km WNW 295° Tolcreeg Barrow* Chambered Cairn (SW45293606)
 2.4km SW 221° Bone Valley Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW456333)
 2.4km W 281° Mulfra Hill Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SW449356)
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Re: Chysauster by Anonymous on Saturday, 20 July 2019
Chysauster (pron; tche-ZOY-ster) lies on a strong geometric solstice alignment that spans from Land's End - The Wash in East Anglia.
The alignment is studied & followed by satellite in the following link;
https://ancientwhisperspenwith.blogspot.com/2019/07/clb-seahenge-pt-2-lands-end-wash.html
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Chysauster Ancient Village by lucasn on Monday, 27 May 2019
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Re: Chysauster by Anonymous on Saturday, 15 September 2007
Saturday 15th September 2007: I have just visited Chysauster three days ago and saw the illustration in the English Heritage Guide Book for the ancient village showed that House No 6 did at some time have a reconstructed thatched roof to show what it might have been like.
What a pity that they didn't keep that as a permanent feature. I recently also saw the Recontructed Iron Age Round Houses at the Peat Moors Centre in Somerset. Those there really gave one a good idea of the possible living spaces. If this had been left at Chysauster it would have been a massive improvement to the visitors experience...!!!
Also your site is the only one that I have found with any photographs taken at the time when there was a house with a roof on - all credit to you for this pictorial content... Keep up the good work..
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Re: Chysauster by Anonymous on Sunday, 06 August 2006
Im no hippy but this place is "special" if you get my meaning -trully peaceful.
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