<< Our Photo Pages >> Porthmeor Fogou - Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in England in Cornwall
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Porthmeor FogouCountry: 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:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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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.
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426m ENE 71° Treen Entrance Grave (NW)* Chambered Tomb (SW43823715)
434m ENE 78° Treen Entrance Grave (SW)* Chambered Tomb (SW43843710)
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887m SE 139° Bosporthennis Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW4396436335)
907m W 265° Barsigran Farm Settlement and Homestead* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW425370)
917m WSW 248° Bosigran Kerb Cairn* Cairn (SW42543673)
1.0km S 184° Little Galver Propped Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW43293603)
1.1km SSE 157° Bosporthennis Beehive Hut* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (SW43773604)
1.1km S 172° Carn Galver Cairn* Cairn (SW43503597)
1.1km SSE 157° Bosporthennis 2* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW43793599)
1.1km ESE 107° Porthmeor Circle* Stone Circle (SW44463665)
1.1km SW 217° Carn Galver 1* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW4269236165)
1.2km E 93° Gear Common* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW446369)
1.2km N 357° Chapel Jane* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW43413824)
1.2km SSW 207° Carn Galver 2* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SW4279235973)
1.2km SSW 211° Carn Galver* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42733600)
1.3km NE 46° Boswednack Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW4438937874)
1.3km ESE 120° Treen Common (The Beacon)* Barrow Cemetery (SW44523633)
1.3km SSW 210° Carn Galver* Round Barrow(s) (SW42683592)
1.4km WSW 256° Bosigran Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW42053677)
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