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Photo Pages: Porthmeor Fogou - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in England in Cornwall

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 16 November 2004  Page Views: 3050
Megaliths in England Site Name: Porthmeor Fogou
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: St. Just  Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW43413703  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.177604N  Longitude: 5.595225W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Porthmeor Fogou submitted by enkidu41

This fogou lies alongside the round room of a courtyard house part of the Porthmeor Iron Age settlement comprising at least 8 houses and 4 courtyard houses. It is now open to the sky but was originally roofed with lintels and corbelling.

The fogou has a drain two-thirds of the way along the passage and is unusual in that it apparently has no creep passage but instead is curved so preventing the whole passage from being seen at any one point. However, both ends of the passage display sharp breaks in the walling suggesting that the passage was formerly significantly longer so allowing the possibility that it did once have a creep passage. The passage is just over 13 metres long and 2 metres wide. The remaining walls are 1.36 metres high and the maximum corbelled overhang just over 60 cms.

Porthmeor Fogou submitted by enkidu41
The northern end of the passage showing the corbelling.

Porthmeor Fogou submitted by enkidu41
Looking back down the second and northern half of the passage from its northern end. Note the drain at the base of the wall on the right and the beginnings of the corbelling above clearly suggesting the formerly much greater height of the passage.
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