Halliggye Fogou is one of many fogous in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The site is under the guardianship of English Heritage, and managed by the Trelowarren Estate, where the fogou is located. Entry to the fogou is free but there is a charge to enter the rest of the Trelowarren Estate.
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Worth the trek, if you can find it. I really recommend plotting it out on Google first. I followed the directions EH gave to the car park, but if I had ignored that and simply followed the sign that pointed in the opposite direction I could have driven a lot closer. Instead we went from the car park and following the information board there, had us trek around a cabbage field (reminder: trespass is NOT illegal in the UK and is a civil matter - there is nothing they can do to stop you) to eventually reach it. You WILL need a torch, preferably a proper one. The place is steeped in history, even if small. Go as far as you can to the end, which requires a little crouching, and sit down and turn off the torch. You'll be in perfect, absolute blackness, now imagine our ancestors and how close you've...
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Very curious improved hole in the ground!
It's similar to English Heritage description but the part you can see down the steps seems to be different to the plan above? We could not see any sign of a side tunnel ??? It was locked up and tunnel was only visible through a wrought iron gate on our visit.
There is a rechargeable torch in a box outside which was flat. We took our own large torch with us.
Access to it by car is along challenging country estate roads.Not suitable if you don't like washing off mud or are unused to reversing down single track roads More suitable for walkers or bicycles to access
Definitly a curious and interesting thing to view....the visit will...
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My Brother used to work on Home Farm so I'm very familiar with this Iron Age fogou. It is probably one of the best preserved fogous in Cornwall. Yes you will need a good torch, and yes if your not local to the area it can be difficult to find, But it is worth the effort!!!! You know I hope it stays that way! It would be a terrible thing for it to become all commercialised "Just look at what a commercialised licensed to print money Stonehenge has become" as well as so many other "that were once free" ancient monuments .......... Yes take donations for its upkeep NOT Millions for faceless people to live off!...
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