Boleigh Fogou, Newlyn

Name: Boleigh Fogou
Address: Newlyn, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Newlyn

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Facts and practical information

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. 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. ()

Coordinates: 50°4'17"N, 5°34'58"W

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Newlyn United Kingdom

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Boleigh Fogou – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Pol de Léon's Church, Tater Du Lighthouse, Carn Euny, Penlee House.

2.1 miNE
Church
St Pol de Léon's Church, Mousehole
53 min walk • St Pol de Léon's Church, Paul also known as Paul Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro located in Paul, Cornwall, UK.
1.3 miS
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Tater Du Lighthouse, St Levan
35 min walk • Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives.
3.1 miNW
Prehistoric site, Historical place
Carn Euny, Madron and Sancreed
80 min walk • Carn Euny is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as the Neolithic period.
3.6 miNE
Art gallery, Museum, Art museum
Penlee House, Penzance
93 min walk • Penlee House is a museum and art gallery located in the town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is home to a great many paintings by members of the Newlyn School, including many by Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Walter Langley and Lamorna Birch.
~1340 ftS
Prehistoric site
The Pipers, St Levan
7 min walk • The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
1.8 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Buryan's Church, St Buryan
46 min walk • The Church of St Buryan is a late-15th-century Church of England parish church in St Buryan in Cornwall, England.
3.6 miNW
Ruins, Historical place, Archaeological site
Chapel Carn Brea
93 min walk • Chapel Carn Brea is an elevated Hercynian granite outcrop, owned by the National Trust at the southern edge of the civil parish of St Just, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
0.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Levan
17 min walk • The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered tomb. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. It has an entrance passage, lined with stone slabs, which leads into a central chamber.
3 miNW
Prehistoric site
Sancreed Beacon, Madron and Sancreed
77 min walk • Sancreed Beacon is a Bronze Age archaeological site near the village of Sancreed in the Penwith peninsula of Cornwall maintained by the Cornwall Heritage Trust.
2.1 miE
50°4'58"N • 5°32'23"W
The Little Picture Gallery - Mousehole Cornwall., Mousehole
53 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
0.5 miSW
Ruins, Mysterious site, View point
Merry Maidens, St Buryan
14 min walk • The Merry Maidens, also known as Dawn's Men is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. A pair of standing stones, The Pipers is associated both geographically and in legend.

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Which popular attractions are close to Boleigh Fogou?

Nearby attractions include The Pipers, St Levan (7 min walk), Merry Maidens, St Buryan (14 min walk), Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Levan (17 min walk).