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

Submitted by Bladup on Sunday, 03 December 2017  Page Views: 1848

Multi-periodSite Name: Bosigran Settlement
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: SW42053677
Latitude: 50.174679N  Longitude: 5.614057W
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
3 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
4

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Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of a quite intact field system at SW42043673, Bosigran Cliff Castle is in the background on the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Cornwall

A Bronze age Settlement that's a lot older than the nearby Bosigran West iron age Courtyard house and the iron age Bosigran Cliff Castle, There's at least four Bronze age huts here, Although two are overgrown and very ruined. There are also some very intact Bronze age field systems all around the huts as well.
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Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Part of the field system (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : A Bronze age hut at SW42053677 with Watch Croft (Right) and part of Carn Galver (Left) in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of a Bronze age hut at SW42053677 with Bosigran Cliff Castle in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Carn Galver dominates Bosigran Settlement (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : A Bronze age hut at SW42053677 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Large stones in the field system by the huts, Note the remaining Bronze age field system in the background on the left, Bosigran Cliff Castle is center background

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Part of the hut at SW42053675, The highest hill in this part of Cornwall (Watch Croft) is on the left

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Part of the Bronze age hut at SW42053675 with the Iron Age Bosigran Cliff Castle in the background on the left

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Part of the hut at SW42053675, Watch Croft is the hill on the right and part of Carn Galver is visible on the left

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, Part of the hut at SW42053675

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : The Bronze age Bosigran Settlement, The hut at SW42053675 with Bosigran iron age cliff castle in the background on the right

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Bosigran Settlement, On the right of the photo and three quarters up it you can see the end of an ancient field system, It ends right at the cliff edge, It seems people 3500 years ago wanted to use all the land they could, Gurnards Head is the land sticking out in the background

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of the hut at SW42053677, Carn Galver looms in the background.

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : What I believed to be the entrance to the hut at SW42053677.

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of an overgrown hut at SW42053675

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of the hut at SW42053677.

Bosigran Settlement
Bosigran Settlement submitted by Bladup : A Bronze age hut at SW42053677 with Bosigran Cliff Castle in the background.

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