Sanctuary
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 20:49
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thesweetcheat wrote: I think fogous are all considered to be IA as far as I know. They might predate the settlement (especially a courtyard house settlement, which is pretty much heading towards Romano-British dating), but not by a great amount of time.
Ian Cooke has written a terrific book about fogous, if they've grabbed your attention.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mother-Sun-Cornish-Ian-Cooke/dp/0951237160
Ha...not at £99 for a used book I won't be :-)
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 20:51
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Ha! Wasn't suggesting you bought it from there! You can find second hand copies, especially in Penwith bookshops.
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tjj
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 22:18
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Welcome back Roy, am looking forward to pics and field notes. Sorry to hear about your dog, hope he's on the mend.
J
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Sanctuary
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 22:30
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tjj wrote: Welcome back Roy, am looking forward to pics and field notes. Sorry to hear about your dog, hope he's on the mend.
J
Thanks June. He is coming along nicely now and just beginning to put his leg down. He is sporting a bright green knee support in keeping with the ongoing Olympics :-) He has broken nothing just pulled the joint and ligaments about quite badly.
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drewbhoy
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 22:58
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Sanctuary wrote: tjj wrote: Welcome back Roy, am looking forward to pics and field notes. Sorry to hear about your dog, hope he's on the mend.
J
Thanks June. He is coming along nicely now and just beginning to put his leg down. He is sporting a bright green knee support in keeping with the ongoing Olympics :-) He has broken nothing just pulled the joint and ligaments about quite badly.
Glad to hear the dog is on the mend, nice colour green :-)
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Sanctuary
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 07, 2012, 23:05
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drewbhoy wrote: Sanctuary wrote: tjj wrote: Welcome back Roy, am looking forward to pics and field notes. Sorry to hear about your dog, hope he's on the mend.
J
Thanks June. He is coming along nicely now and just beginning to put his leg down. He is sporting a bright green knee support in keeping with the ongoing Olympics :-) He has broken nothing just pulled the joint and ligaments about quite badly.
Glad to hear the dog is on the mend, nice colour green :-)
I could tell the vet was Scottish as he tried to sell me a green one with white stripes but I blew the whistle on him :-)
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Evergreen Dazed
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 08, 2012, 09:34
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Even though it could easily be argued to be the least atmospheric site in Cornwall, something about Tregiffian really did it for me!
I hung about there for ages. Funny how sometimes sites you think are going to be merely a quick tick of the box turn out to totally captivate, and even though the decorated stone is a cast it still hit the spot with me.
That little corner of Penwith with the merry maidens, the pipers, Tregiffian, Ghun rith (spelling?), and Boleigh is out of this world.
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Sanctuary
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 08, 2012, 09:49
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thesweetcheat wrote: Ha! Wasn't suggesting you bought it from there! You can find second hand copies, especially in Penwith bookshops.
Here are a few pix I took of the Fogou at Carn Euny Alken. It is interesting seeing the stone construction which 'appears' to be in two? periods. The lower sections seem to be much more intricate with stones more carefully selected where above that are more crudely placed I thought. As I said previously, I don't know much about the IA at all but the lower sections of wall appear to come from an earlier time frame.
https://picasaweb.google.com/100525707086862773355/CarnEunyFogou?authkey=Gv1sRgCL6JqtDowrXNFA#
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Sanctuary
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 08, 2012, 10:01
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Evergreen Dazed wrote: Even though it could easily be argued to be the least atmospheric site in Cornwall, something about Tregiffian really did it for me!
I hung about there for ages. Funny how sometimes sites you think are going to be merely a quick tick of the box turn out to totally captivate, and even though the decorated stone is a cast it still hit the spot with me.
That little corner of Penwith with the merry maidens, the pipers, Tregiffian, Ghun rith (spelling?), and Boleigh is out of this world.
Although I'd seen Tregiffian and the Maidens before, I am still amazed that some complete fool allowed a road to be built through the back of the chamber. I also spent a lot of time there ED because for what is now a small site it captures your imagination doesn't it. At the moment I'm enjoying just playing over and over the video I took of all the sites I visited, including of course Tregiffian. Did you notice the single standing stone just off the hedgeline over the road from the chamber?
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Evergreen Dazed
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Re: Penwith Visit
Sep 08, 2012, 10:19
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Sanctuary wrote: Evergreen Dazed wrote: Even though it could easily be argued to be the least atmospheric site in Cornwall, something about Tregiffian really did it for me!
I hung about there for ages. Funny how sometimes sites you think are going to be merely a quick tick of the box turn out to totally captivate, and even though the decorated stone is a cast it still hit the spot with me.
That little corner of Penwith with the merry maidens, the pipers, Tregiffian, Ghun rith (spelling?), and Boleigh is out of this world.
Although I'd seen Tregiffian and the Maidens before, I am still amazed that some complete fool allowed a road to be built through the back of the chamber. I also spent a lot of time there ED because for what is now a small site it captures your imagination doesn't it. At the moment I'm enjoying just playing over and over the video I took of all the sites I visited, including of course Tregiffian. Did you notice the single standing stone just off the hedgeline over the road from the chamber?
Is that the holed stone? Wasn't aware of it on my visit and only read about it afterwards. One for next time. I visited Ghun Rith (I think that's it's name) in the hedge across the field but I don't think you mean that one?
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