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Courtyard House Settlement menu
AD 43 to 410 |
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Carn Euny
The stone houses that make up the visible remains of Carn Euny
village represent a settlement that thrived from the late Iron Age
through the centuries of the Romano-British period. |
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Chysauster
The prehistoric courtyard house settlement known as Chysauster is
situated on the south-west facing slopes of a shallow valley with
clear views south to the sea. The remains of at least ten courtyard
houses and a fogou form a nucleated settlement within a well-defined
field system. |
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Courtyard houses are only found in the far west of Cornwall. They
consist of a large open courtyard defined by a massive drystone wall
with structures built around the perimeter. Usually a large round or
oval dwelling-house faces the entrance and lean-to structures occupy
the walls along either side. These ‘long rooms’ are sometimes
sub-divided and are interpreted as stores, barns and byres.
They seem to be a peculiarly localised response to changes taking
place during the Romano-British period.
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