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	Fogou of Penwith
		Fogous are only found in Cornwall and in particular only the south west tip of the county.
		Fogous with a chamber and their own low passage entrance, provided a fall back position into the chamber, again with the same advantage.
		Fogous may have been easily defended positions, however the defenders would be stuck underground with nowhere to go.
	www.pznow.co.uk /historic1/fogou.html (279 words)

	Fogou
		A fogou is an underground structure which is found in many Iron Age settlements in Cornwall.
		The etymology of the word fogou is straightforward: it derives from the Cornish ifócw meaning a cave.
		A notable example of an unspoiled fogou is to be found at Carn Euny in Cornwall.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Fogou.html (93 words)

	Fogou (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The purpose of a fogou is no longer known, and there is little evidence to suggest what it might have been.
		Fogous consist of a buried, stone slab-lined gallery.
		Fogous are known as souterrains elsewhere in the British Isles and in Brittany.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/fo/Fogou.htm (140 words)

	FOGOU - a journey into the underworld with Jo May
		Beyond the walls of the old house and buried in a tangled mound of short tufted shrubs and undergrowth, is the mouth of a cave – or fogou as it is known in Cornish.
		During the next century the fogou became a refuge for smugglers, and the spoils of the "wreckers" in the nearby Lamorna Cove.
		The pre-ordained spot was the "Fogou", an ancient British dwelling hidden in a tangle of bracken a mile to the north-west, a subterranean passage roofed with massive slabs of granite, lined with moss and dripping with damp, the haunt of badgers, foxes and bats.
	www.gothicimage.co.uk /books/fogou1.html (4850 words)

	Fogous (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fogous are only found in the south western tip of Cornwall - they are not the same as the souterrains found in Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.
		Fogous also often have low and narrow side passages and there is evidence in some that they could be sealed off from the outside world.
		At Pendeen fogou a woman dressed all in white appears at the entrance on Christmas morning with a red rose in her mouth.
	druidry.org /obod/sacred_sites/fogous.html (2001 words)

	Fogous
		Fogous are only found in the south western tip of Cornwall - they are not the same as the souterrains found in Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.
		Fogous also often have low and narrow side passages and there is evidence in some that they could be sealed off from the outside world.
		At Pendeen fogou a woman dressed all in white appears at the entrance on Christmas morning with a red rose in her mouth.
	www.druidry.org /obod/sacred_sites/fogous.html (2001 words)

	Pendeen Fogou - Iron Age Fogou - Cornwall
		The word fogou is dervied from the Cornish for "cave", in Scotland similar structures are known as "Earth Houses" and the generic term for underground structures such as these is "Souterrain".
		The original purpose of fogous is unknown, there are various theories involving food storage or defensive refuges, but after visiting several of the more intact examples that survive today, we have to say that we don't think that either of the these suggestions are realistic.
		All versions of the legend agree that the spirit of the fogou is a tall woman in white who appears at the entrance to the fogou.
	www.megalithics.com /england/pendeen/pendmain.htm (886 words)

	Fogou - Rosemerryn Wood, Lamorna, Cornwall
		The word ‘fogou’ is derived from the Cornish word for cave – fogo - and indeed these fantastic constructions do not occur anywhere else in England.
		It is thought that birth and death rituals were carried out in the fogou, that it was used for initiation and spiritual ceremonies.
		Now many people visit the fogou to experience for themselves the tremendous power it seems to hold, and feel the presence of the previous inhabitants of this ancient land.
	www.rosemerrynwood.co.uk /fogou.htm (294 words)

	Carn Euny - Iron Age Settlement and Fogou - Cornwall
		The first stage of the fogou was the circular chamber and its entrance passage to the south.
		The final phase of the fogou modification was during the construction of the Courtyard Houses around 50BC-100AD, the eastern end of the fogou was opened up and a pathway built to connect it with the compound of Courtyard House 1.
		Today, the roofed section of the fogou is about 12.5m long and about 2m in height and width, the dry stone walls taper in toward the top, thus reducing the span of the roofslabs.
	www.megalithics.com /england/carneuny/caremain.htm (576 words)

	Negligent damage to Chysauster Ancient Village
		Chysauster Ancient Village is an Iron Age village in Cornwall which suffered severe damage as a result of inactivity on the part of English Heritage which was charged with protecting it by the UK government of the time.
		The village was centred around the remains of a fogou, an underground structure (probably) connected with Iron Age religion.
		Only eleven fogous are known to survive and are consequently of considerable archaeological importance.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ne/Negligent_damage_to_Chysauster_Ancient_Village.html (203 words)

	Ancient Villages Cornwall West Penwith Land's End
		Interesting features include a collapsed fogou, a stone quern (for grinding grain), covered drainage, and open hearths.
		It consists of the remains of the stone walled courtyard houses, and a magnificently preserved fogou (underground cave) about 20 metres long, with a circular roofed chamber leading off it, which you can enter.
		Fogous are fairly common in Cornwall, and are thought to have been used for cold food storage by village communities.
	imagicon.netfirms.com /westpenwith/houses.html (276 words)

	"Fogou".
		Beyond the walls of the old house and buried in a tangled mound of short tufted shrubs and undergrowth, is the mouth of a cave - or 'fogou' as it is known in Cornish.
		The Fogou is located at the head of the Lamorna Valley, near Land's End on the site of a three acre Iron Age fortified settlement.
		The fogou is known as the 'Boleigh fogou', and Boleigh' means 'place of slaughter'.
	homepages.primex.co.uk /~jomay/index_files/CAER/fogou.htm (712 words)

	Historical Illustrations of Ancient Cornwall - 3: Settlements (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This compact little photograph shows the fogou at Pendeen, the nearby house being the former seat of the Borlase family.
		Fogous are subterranean passages mainly confined to the western half of Cornwall, though similar structures can be found in Scotland and Ireland.
		The cave is marked as a fogou on the 1st edition 6 inch Ordnance Survey plan of 1888.
	cornovia.org.uk /hiac/hiac03.html (1095 words)

	Prehistoric.org.uk - Carn Euny - Prehistoric Settlement and Fogou (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Prehistoric.org.uk - Carn Euny - Prehistoric Settlement and Fogou
		A fogou is a stone underground tunnel or chamber.
		Fogous are found all over Cornwall and were generally built at the edge of settlements.
	www.prehistoric.org.uk /cornwall/carneuny.html (732 words)

	Real Ghost Stories (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fogous have been found at various places in Britain and Ireland, mainly near villages and fortifications, but their purpose remains a mystery.
		Another fogou, but in a much more ruined state, is near the Chysauster settlement.
		Wayland's Smithy, beautifully situated in a clump of beech trees, is one of the finest chambered long barrows in Britain and lies a short hike away -along the Ridgeway- from Uffington White Horse and Uffington Castle.
	www.ghostplace.com /forum/ghost_story-12676.html (580 words)

	Fogou
		A fogou is the Cornish word for an underground, stone-lined passageway, they are known as souterrains in Ireland, Scotland and Brittany.
		There are several legends associated with this fogou, one of which says that the passageway extended as far as the Scilly Isles or even Lyonesse.
		Near Penzance, this fogou is set into the ramparts of an Iron Age enclosure and has a passageway that is 40ft long and 6ft high.
	freepages.folklore.rootsweb.com /~hdecent/underground/fogou.htm (464 words)

	Fogou Info - Archaeo Forums
		Afterwards i met a pleasant and helpful man who was out walking his dogs who informed me of a nearby Fogou in a private garden.The gentleman also told me that if I asked at the door the owner of the property was likely to let me view it.
		My problem is that I have never read about this fogou before and would appreciate any info or the where abouts of info about it as next year I would like to visit it.
		This fogou goes down underneath the middle of the settlement and halfway through there is an entrance to a huge circular room with a dome ceiling.
	www.stonepages.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=398 (515 words)

	More Ancient Sites of Penwith
		A fogou is basically a low tunnel leading to some sort of underground refuge.
		Their exact use is not known but as very few have any archaeological remains, they are thought to have been used for ceremonial rather than burial purposes.
		There is a definite alignment of these Bronze Age sites, leading from Boleigh Fogou at one end through the Pipers and Merry Maidens to Tregiffian Barrow and Gûn Rith, Grid ref. SW437252 to Grid ref. SW429245 at the other.
	www.shimbo.co.uk /history/boleigh.htm (770 words)

	CARN EUNY
		The occupants of the village were evidently stock-breeders and hill-farmers, whose meagre income was possibly supplemented by trade in tin at the nearby ancient port on I
		At the centre of the village is a fogou or souterrain.
		The fogou may have been a cattle byre, cold-store or some other type of storage chamber, but, judging by the amount of labour expended in its construction, it may possibly have served some ritual purpose.
	www.roman-britain.org /places/celtic/carn_euny.htm (274 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Porthmeor Fogou Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
		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.
		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.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=6086 (693 words)

	Halfbakery: zit-zapper
		I think he means Mt. Fugu, a seamount where Japanese fishermen harvest poisonous blowfish.
		No, he means Mount Fogou, a subterranean mountain in Cornwall.
		Discovered this in junior high; clip top of zit with finger nail clippers, squeeze contents out, tip a bottle of aftershave to crater until it stings, and then wad up a tiny bit of toilet paper, apply and leave, to suck out whatever is left in there.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/zit-zapper (388 words)

	Halliggye Fogou : Cornwall : South West : View properties : Properties : Days Out & Events : English Heritage
		Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
		The purpose of such ‘fogous’ – a Cornish-language word meaning ‘cave’ – is unknown.
		Refuges, storage chambers or ritual shrines have all been suggested.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /server.php?show=ConProperty.262 (133 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Pendeen Fogou Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
		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 is the view from within the cramped fogou out of the main entrance.
		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!
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=4130 (752 words)

	Definition of fogou - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	www.merriam-webster.com /dictionary/fogou (30 words)

	Carn Euny Fogou Tunnel - Cornwall :: Photos of Cornwall
		Carn Euny Fogou Tunnel - Cornwall :: Photos of Cornwall
		Cornwall / Cornwall photos / Historic Cornwall / Carn Euny Fogou Tunnel
		The underground tunnel in the fogou at Carn Euny near Brane, Snacreed.
	www.cornwalls.co.uk /photos/img454.htm (45 words)

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