Another Iron Age village! This is Carn Euny, occupied from the mid-Iron Age to the end of the Roman Period.
The earliest houses here were round houses. (They’re the houses usually shown on movies/TV set at this time.) Later came courtyard houses. Similar to the houses at Chysauster but smaller and interconnected rather than free standing.
This is the island you can see from Penzance. It’s about 5 miles around the coast and it’s a tidal island. (Yes, another.)
So it’s accessed by a causeway. I arrived early because I wanted to watch the causeway uncover. Which is really cool to watch. You see it appearing ahead through the water, then the water pulls back and you can walk along. Then you stop and wait for more to appear.
This is Chysauster Village. It’s an Iron Age village. In fact, it’s a Romano-British village from the late first to third centuries. That is a settlement of native Britons (Celts if you want) during the time of the Roman occupation of the islands.
Their village is about ten houses, arranged along a long central space not unlike a street. The houses themselves are built with a central courtyard.
Look at the fog. It’s not just surrounding the site but drifting through it. Like being away in another world.
