Treveneague is an area near

Goldsithney Goldsithney (, meaning ''fair of St Sithney'') is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the B3280 at , about four miles (6 km) east of Penzance and one mile (1.6 km) east of Marazion. It is in the civil paris ...

Penzance Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the ...

, in the civil parish of St Hilary. It was originally composed of two places, North Treveneague and South Treveneague. The

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

early 19th century North Treveneague Farmhouse and Farm Buildings North of Treveneague Farmhouse are located here. In the 1860s, an

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

fogou A fogou or fougou (pronounced "foo-goo") is an underground, dry-stone structure found on Iron Age or Romano-British-defended settlement sites in Cornwall. The original purpose of a fogou is uncertain today. Colloquially called , , , giant holts ...

was discovered at Treveneague, the location of the fogou was located using Geophysics during a 1996

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episode.

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