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Summary

The fogou at Carn Euny consists of an unroofed east entrance, a curved main passage 12.2m long, a creep passage and a round corbelled chamber.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 15415: IRON AGE TO ROMAN SETTLEMENT WITH INCORPORATED FOGOU AND ADJACENT POST-MEDIEVAL COTTAGE AT CARN EUNY

Other References/Statuses

• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW42NW 19
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 28920.14
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW42NW 15.14

Monument Type(s):

• FOGOU (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
• FOGOU (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

The fogou at Carn Euny is situated north-west of Courtyard Houses I (28920.10) and IV (28920.13). The structure consists of an unroofed sloping east entrance 5.5m long and 1.8m in breadth; a long curved main passage 12.2m long and up to 2.1m high, with eleven capstones in their original positions. A side passage or 'creep', 3.0m long, 0.6m to 0.9m wide and 0.9m to 1.2m high leads to the surface near the south-west end. A round corbelled chamber 1.3m high and of 4.6m diameter with integral entrance passage 3.0m long and around 1.2m wide, roofed with four capstones, opens off the long passage. Christie's excavation showed these three main groups represent three main building phases which may equate with the first three phases of the settlement (b7). Finds from the fogou include a fragment of Roman Samian ware, tin fragments, an iron crook, an iron spearhead, animal teeth, part of a quern and grinding stones which were all found by Borlase in the filling of the fogou during excavation (b1). Much Iron Age pottery was found by Christie when the drain in the entrance passage was cleared. The bulk of the pottery consists of well-made wares ranging from sherds of coarse storage jars and large bowls (b2). The monument was included in the Schedule on 28/9/1934 and the scheduling was updated 18/3/1996.

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Site history:
1: 1960. PITCHER, GH / OS
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Christie, PM, 1966, Carn Euny: A Brief Note on the 1965 Excavations (Article in Journal). SCO487.

Christie, PM, 1967, Carn Euny Excavations: Interim Report on the 1966 Season (Article in Journal). SCO486.

Christie, PM, 1968, Carn Euny: Interim Report on the 1967 Season (Article in Journal). SCO489.

Christie, PM, 1969, Carn Euny: Fifth Interim Report on the 1968 Season (Article in Journal). SCO488.

Smart. D, 1994, Fogous and hulls in south and west Cornwall (Unpublished document). SCO27443.

<1> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 140-142 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.

<7> Christie, PM, 1983, Carn Euny Official Handbook (Bibliographic reference). SCO3066.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds

• FCO3001 - ANIMAL REMAINS (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO4191 - FLAKE (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO3809 - POLISHER (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO2999 - SHERD (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO3810 - SPEAR (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO4274 - SPINDLE WHORL (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO4379 - SPOON (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO3000 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)
• FCO4275 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Romano British - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Events

• ECO1234 - Carn Euny
• ECO1277 - Carn Euny
• ECO2109 - Carn Euny, Sancreed
• ECO2225 - Carn Euny, Sancreed

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