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Boleigh Fogou

Coordinates: 50°04′17″N 5°34′58″W / 50.0715°N 5.5829°W / 50.0715; -5.5829
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Boleigh Fogou
The Pipers standing stones near Boleigh Fogou
Boleigh Fogou is located in Southwest Cornwall
Boleigh Fogou
Shown within Southwest Cornwall
LocationCornwall
Coordinates50°04′17″N 5°34′58″W / 50.0715°N 5.5829°W / 50.0715; -5.5829
TypeFogou
History
PeriodsIron Age / Romano-British

Boleigh Fogou is a fogou near St. Buryan in Cornwall. It can be reached via the B3315 Penzance to Land's End road near The Pipers standing stones.[1] Iron Age pottery was found at the fogou along with carvings that may have been brought from elsewhere. It is unusual in structure as it has more than one entranceway.[2]

The Boleigh fogou was the subject of a 1996 episode of Channel 4's Time Team.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Julian Cope (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons Pub. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7225-3599-8. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ E Clark (1961). Cornish Fogous. Taylor & Francis. pp. 12–. GGKEY:9LW9GX7EEJZ. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Series 3, Episode 1". Time Team. Channel 4. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "1996 Series, Episode 01 - Boleigh, Cornwall". Unofficial Time Team site. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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