Mulfra courtyard houses

Nearest town:
Penzance (4km SE)
OS reference:
SW45323487
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
50° 9' 30.32 N
Longitude:
5° 33' 58.11 W
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Image of Mulfra courtyard houses (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The settlement walls are quite overgrown at the moment. Mount’s Bay is far left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (19.6.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Nov 11, 2019
Image of Mulfra courtyard houses (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

Grey day, Mulfra courtyard settlement. Looking westwards towards Ding Dong.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.6.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 19, 2012
Image of Mulfra courtyard houses (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

The exterior wall of the courtyard house, looking south towards Mounts Bay.

Image credit: A. Brookes (23.6.2011)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 12, 2011

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Mulfra courtyard houses

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 17, 2011

At Bay of Biscay, a minor road heads northwards to the hamlet of Mulfra. From here a footpath wends along between high walls, leading slowly uphill. It reaches a rusting iron gate, and beyond this can be seen the remains of houses in the Mulfra courtyard settlement. The site is cleared by the Cornish Ancient Sites Preservation Network (CASPN), an excellent organisation who have taken on responsibility for care and monitoring of a number of the sites in West Penwith.

The best house of the group is fairly well-preserved, with its thick outer wall surviving to several courses high. A single, megalithic gatepost marks the entrance. At least one other house stood in this field, but the remaining stones are a jumble and the form is not easy to see. But an excellent spot to sit for a while, looking out over the farmland of the area. I suspect that Carfury menhir may be visible from here. You probably won’t be disturbed on a visit.

Other houses of the settlement lie in much thicker vegetation on the east side of the footpath, but I don’t see anything and feel that I’ve had enough of bracken for one day (although that will come back to haunt me later)!

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