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Halliggye Fogou, on the Trelowarren Estate in Cornwall, is the largest and best-preserved of the county’s mysterious underground passages. Dating back to the Iron Age, around 2,400 years ago, it was once part of a small farming settlement that may have been occupied for over 700 years.

We visited in the middle of September, just before the site closes for the bat season. Inside, the passages form a T-shape, stretching nearly 20 metres into the earth. Cold, damp, and silent, the fogou still raises questions about its true purpose: was it used for storage, for refuge, or for ritual?

Now cared for by English Heritage and managed by the Trelowarren Estate, Halliggye Fogou is free to visit when open. It remains one of the most striking places to explore Cornwall’s Iron Age past.