Bosporthennis

Also known as: Bosporthenys

Bosporthennis is a Late Iron Age settlement in the civil parish of Zennor on the Penwith peninsula, west Cornwall, England [1]. The site comprises at least three courtyard houses at the eastern foot of Hannibal's Carn [1]. An adjoining field system and a medieval farmstead are also present [2] [3]. A Late Medieval cowhouse was built inside the walls of one courtyard house [1]. The settlement is a Scheduled Monument [2] [3].

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.1728° N, 5.5876° W

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