Sunday 21 August 2011

Chysauster and a Cornish Cream Tea

Chysauster Ancient Village


Have just enjoyed a nice day out at Chysauster Ancient Village - out in the Penwith countryside between St Ives and Penzance.

The remains of an Iron Age village - inhabited over 2000 years ago - with the remains of stone-walled homesteads.

Also a beautiful setting with views over the countryside towards Mounts Bay and St Michael's Mount.

Chysauster Ancient Village - Homestead

On the way back we stopped at Green Pig Farm - a recently opened Tea Room and Gardens on the B3311 road between St Ives and Penzance. Really pleased that we did.

Green Pig Farm - Tea Room and Gardens
A beautifully served traditional cream tea  with lots of Strawberry Jam and Roddas Cornish Clotted Cream. Will definitely be going back.

Green Pig Farm - Cornish Cream Tea

4 comments:

  1. We visited Chysauster three weeks ago, followed by Lamorna and the Merry Maidens, on a day where the weather was not as good as your photos show! See my Cornwall post and photos on www.literascribe.blogspot.com

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  2. Hi Lorna and thanks for your comment. Its so beautiful out there - next planned trip for us is Men-an-Tol probably. Like your blog.

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  3. This looks really lovely - on my list of places to visit. I picked up a little guide to Cornwall's ancient monuments on holiday last year, and I'd love to spend a week or two exploring them all.

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  4. Hi Claire - there are lots of ancient sites to see.

    Some of them are listed on a website that I built a while ago - Ancestral Realms:

    http://www.nigelbreen.com/pages/westcornwalltour.html

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