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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pendeen Fogou - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Bladup on Monday, 27 February 2023  Page Views: 34831

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pendeen Fogou
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 38.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: Pendeen
Map Ref: SW3836535533  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.161961N  Longitude: 5.664706W
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
4 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.
4 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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Catrinm visited on 14th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Go to the farm and ask to look - friendly farmer. Just behind a farm gate.

Catrinm visited on 14th Feb 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Go to the farm and ask to look - friendly farmer. Just behind a farm gate.

lucasn visited on 13th Oct 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 2 Access: 3

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 3.33 Access: 4.33

Pendeen Fogou
Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, Sunlight streaming into the modern Entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
An Iron Age fogou, the original 'creep' entrance is far smaller than the modern entrance and possibly served to protect crops or people if the settlement was attacked. Situated on Manor Farm, Pendeen. Permission should be sought to visit but they are welcoming people..

A working farm and a great place to stay either in the 17th century converted manor house holiday cottage or the B&B.

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Pendeen Fogou
Pendeen Fogou submitted by PaulM : Pendeen Vau Fogou, Manor Farm, Pendeen, West Penwith, Cornwall (SW381356) An Iron Age fogou situated on a working farm (a great place to stay either in the 17th century converted manor house holiday cottage or the B&B). This view is the fogou across the farmyard showing the external structure. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Inside Pendeen Vau Fogou looking out the creep passage. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by PaulM : Pendeen Vau Fogou, Manor Farm, Pendeen, West Penwith, Cornwall (SW381356) An Iron Age fogou situated on a working farm (a great place to stay either in the 17th century converted manor house holiday cottage or the B&B). This view is from the entrance into the passageway. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Cobwebs and rainbows in Pendeen Fogou (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by cazzyjane : Pendeen Fogou. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by maengurta : I just thought i'd include a photo taken by a friend of mine showing midsummer sunset at pendeen. We were very lucky to get this! Image credit Simon Bayliss. Ace photo well done si!

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, Looking out of the original Creep entrance, Which is far smaller than the modern entrance, The lense flare is my favourite two colours (Purple and Turquoise)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : The lovely view SW from NW of the Fogou (Near the lighthouse)

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, The rock cut chamber is though the dark hole towards the bottom right of the photo

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : The modern way into the Fogou

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, The top of the Fogou, The original entrance is below the end of the right hand side

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, The rock cut chamber

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou from the outside

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : The original entrance to the Fogou, I believe one of the reasons fogou's were built was for hiding people/crops if the settlement was attacked or robbed, The large stone on the right would slot beneath the other large stone, Therefore sealing of the fogou to the outside world

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : The beautiful view of Portheras Cove from not far North of the Fogou

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, Looking into the original creep entrance from the outside

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, This stone within the Fogou has 2 clear man made holes in it (a few inch deep), I've no idea of it's age

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, Looking out of the modern entrance

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, Looking out of the original entrance

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, The modern way in

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by Bladup : Pendeen Fogou, The original way in

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by hoya105 : inside the fogou

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Pendeen Fogou submitted by lucasn : The entrance to Pendeen Fogou

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Pendeen Fogou Radiation by lucasn on Saturday, 09 March 2019
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Pendeen Fogou by lucasn on Saturday, 01 December 2018
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Fogous and Creeps in Cornwall by Elyn Aviva by Andy B on Wednesday, 27 August 2014
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Elyn Aviva writes of her experiences in Pendeen Fogou

Pendeen Fogou wasn’t a very prepossessing site. To reach it, the three of us - my husband, Gary, our guide, Cheryl Straffon, and I - had to unfasten three rusty metal gates to venture ever deeper into a farmer’s cattle yard. The broken concrete beneath our feet was covered with several layers of dried (or drying) cow manure. Cattle were lowing and resting in their own muck in the nearby pens.

Our goal was a six-foot-tall stone structure with tall grasses and weeds growing out of the top and a yawning opening in one wall. Before we could enter the site, we had one more obstruction: a detached farm gate, which the three of us hauled over to one side.

Bending low, we followed Cheryl down a steep, stone-lined passage deep into the earth. I was grateful I had my hiking staffs to help keep me from slipping. At the bottom, the rocky passage leveled out. My flashlight illuminated moss-covered granite walls and ceiling, the large stones carefully placed to construct the fogou. Pronounced “foo-goo,” it’s a Cornish word that means “cave,” and it refers to a human-made underground cavern. It usually has a long, slightly curving central passage; another, even smaller passage called a “creep” that was originally the only entrance into the fogou; and often another passage or chamber off to one side. Although now we enter most fogous through the open end of one of the larger passages, originally the “creep” was the only way in and out—and it always descends steeply.

Fogous seem to be unique to Cornwall and were constructed some 2500 years ago, during the Cornish Iron Age, and are always found near Iron Age settlements. Some authorities suggest they were used for food storage, but they are usually too damp for that; some suggest refuge, but with only one entrance they would have been death traps. No bones have been found in them, so they were not burial places. It is probable that they were used for ceremony and ritual.

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Re: Pendeen Fogou by Bran on Monday, 03 March 2003
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Interesting legend attatched to this site,at Christmas ,a young woman dressed all in white and holding a blood red rose appears at the mouth of the Fogue,and all who see her die within the year following! (Dosnt pay to be the person milking at Cristmas in the sheds close by the entrance especialy as the cows go so close as to occaisionaly manage to aim staight at the entrance when they pass by!!!!!!)
Seriously though I wonder if this folk legend has some memory of old rituals somewhere within it as it has been passed down through the ages?
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