Boleigh Fogou

The Fogou of Boleigh is located on the B3315 ( road ) southwest of Penzance in Cornwall (England) and is an Iron Age plant that is found in similar form in the British Isles including Ireland, but also in other countries and is commonly referred to as the basement.

In Cornwall and Wales it is called Fogou, in Scotland, the terms Earth House or Weem are common. It is a system of underground tunnels and chambers or niches in the soil ( earth cut) or in rock (rock cut) cut from wood created (rare) or set of dry masonry ( stone built ) or in mixed construction are ( mexed ) created and covered with stone slabs or wooden beams.

Many Fogous own next to the main course a side passage with one or more chambers. In Boleigh the page transition is close to the entrance and is strongly curved. In the main course of Boleigh there, on one of the side stones at the entrance, a scarcely discernible, incised human figure with an object (perhaps a spear ).

Mid-1990s, the surface was investigated archaeologically to Boleigh. They found the remains of an Iron Age house, which was surrounded by an oval wall. Combinations of the basement and house have been frequently discovered ( Fogou of Halligye ). The excavators concluded that the Fogou was applied in combination with the above-ground mostly round building for ritual use.

In the vicinity are menhirs (The Piper of Boleigh ), the megalithic Tregiffian, a chamber grave from the Scillonian type ( Isles of Scilly ) and the stone circle " The Merry Maidens of Boleigh ".