Carn Euny Ancient Village

This is such a lovely historic place to visit. We spent a couple of hours exploring in and around the ancient village and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a short 5 min walk up from the car park, but it can be a bit slippy along the cobbled route if it has rained recently. If you're unfit or have any mobility ailments, it is slightly easier to go the cobbled path route. Parking is very limited!

Free but there's a donation system. An absolutely compelling place to visit. A long drive down narrow dirt tracks at low speed - don't be scared, just drive slowly - brought us to the most beautiful little walk. The bird life sounded gorgeous and we could hear cows calling out to one another in the distance. We chose the shorter walk on the green track because it was a wet and rainy day. There's an ancient well along the slightly longer walk on the red track. After a short walk down the lovely track lined with mossy trees and stones, we came to a gateway that was the entrance. At first the site seems unremarkable because most of the stone walls are low. Find a higher vantage point and get a good view, looking down onto it all. Look for the underground chamber (?) if that's the right word. We wondered if that's where they stored food or if it was where they put livestock at night. It was great to imagine life here. There's a donation system for the upkeep off the site, which I recommend contributing to.

I enjoyed the walk it's beautiful. The village itself is interesting but small and just an outline really, the fogou was very cool and I was fascinated. It didn't take long but I enjoyed the visit

Best way to visit if you have a vehicle is by leaving it at Chapel Carn car park and walking the bridle path..this way brings you to the wonderful holy well first which if you travel by the signpost way via road you won't find this well. The centre piece of this old village is the underground Fougou.Just to sit among this settlement in the silence is worth the walk..enjoy.

Stick to the trail to find the spot, about a 10min tread which can be a little more arduous in the rain. But won’t hurt you and you get to see cows along the way. A great way of life to witness