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Chysauster is a settlement comprising a group of Cornish courtyard houses dating to the Iron Age and Romano-British period, occupied from approximately the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. The site preserves eight substantially excavated stone-built dwellings arranged around a central open courtyard, a distinctive architectural form characteristic of southwest Britain during this period. Associated with the settlement is a fogou, an underground stone-lined passage of uncertain but likely ritual or defensive function, typical of Iron Age settlements in Cornwall. The broader site encompasses a round cairn and traces of a prehistoric field system, indicating sustained agricultural use of the landscape across several millennia prior to and contemporary with the main settlement occupation.
Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006726. View the official record →
Chysauster is a settlement comprising a group of Cornish courtyard houses dating to the Iron Age and Romano-British period, occupied from approximately the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006726.
Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006726.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar (7.9 km), Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm (8 km), Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.