The historic Godolphin Estate - The landscape and ancient estate offer extensive walks and fine views over the west of Cornwall. There are 400 recorded archaeological features ranging from Bronze Age enclosures to 19th Century mine buildings.
(Entrance fee applies to Godolphin House within the estate grounds. A Tudor-Stuart home with its original Elizabethan stables and gardens.)
Wed 1st Jan - Sun 31st Dec
May, Jun, Sep:
Thu & Fri 1000 - 1700, Sun 1400 -1700,
Jul, Aug:
Tue, Thu & Fri 1000 - 1700, Sun 1400 - 1700
Admission is free to the grounds.
A National Trust Property
Halliggye Fogou, Trelowarren Estate,
Off the B3293 Near Garras, Helston, Cornwall
Visitors are advised to take a torch each.
The word Fogou or Fougou as it can also be spelt, derives from 'fogo' which
was the Cornish word for cave. A fogou (pronounced "foo-goo") is an
underground structure which is found in many Iron Age defended settlements throughout
northern Europe including Cornwall. The purpose of such 'fogous' is truly unknown.
Refuges, storage chambers or ritual shrines have all been suggested.
English Heritage control Halliggye Fogou. Roofed and walled in stone, this
complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground
tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.
Free entry to the fogou but there is a parking fee (Free to EH members producing
a membership card)
Entry to the rest of the Trelowarren Estate is charged.
Open April to September during reasonable daylight hours daily -
Oct-Mar (inclusive) Closed
There is road access: 5 miles SE of Helston off B3293. E of Garras on Trelowarren
Estate.
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St Catherine's Castle,
St Catherine's Point, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1JH
St Catherine's Castle built to protect Fowey Harbour in Cornwall
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One of a pair of small artillery forts built by Henry VIII in the 1530s to defend Fowey Harbour, consisting of two storeys with gun
ports at ground level.
Opening Times: All year Any reasonable time Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, & Sun.
How much does it cost? FREE!
Along a woodland footpath off A3082
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