2021

SW4028 : Carn Euny - Fogou

taken 2 years ago, near to Brane, Cornwall, England

Carn Euny - Fogou
Carn Euny - Fogou
This is the Fogou at the heart of the ancient village of Carn Euny. This stone-walled underground passage is an Iron Age monument of a type found only in the far west of Cornwall. There is also one at Chysauster though that example is sealed with a grille, making this Carn Euny example perhaps the best known one.
The name Fogou comes from the Cornish for 'cave'.
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Carn Euny Ancient Village

Carn Euny is a settlement consisting of several houses and a fogou (an underground passage and chamber), built in three phases from the 5th century BC to 1st century AD. The surviving stone huts fall into two main groups, three large irregular enclosures of courtyard houses, and a group of round or oval houses. Excavations revealed traces of levelled platforms in neighbouring fields. In the fields to the north and east there were traces of ploughed down lynchets of a field system probably associated with the settlement. Traces of a road way were found at the village. The site appears to have been abandoned in the 4th century AD until the post-medieval period when the huts were considerably disturbed and largely rebuilt and the fogou blocked. Finds uncovered during excavation have included pottery, querns, spindle whorls, whet-stones, grinding stones, flint and chert artefacts, animal teeth, ashes, an iron spearhead, an iron 'crook' and a fragment of Roman Samian ware. The site is now in the care of English Heritage.
List Entry Number 1013802: LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Period: Iron Age Primary Subject: Historical other tags: Ancient Village Fogou Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SW4028, 55 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 1 October, 2021   (more nearby)
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Monday, 4 October, 2021
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OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4024 2885 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:6.1682N 5:38.0374W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4024 2885
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