Halliggye Fogou
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Halliggye Fogou
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 27 Apr 2005
One of the largest and best preserved of these fogou (curious underground passages) this one originally passed under the rampart of a defended Iron Age settlement. The passage is up to 1.9m high with a corbelled roof and heavy stone lintels and jambs, 54 feet long and built around 1000BC.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.071314
Longitude
-5.197275