Editing Carn Euny (section)

==Construction==
Traces of human activity in Carn Euny have been detected from the early [[Neolithic]] period. Iron Age [[Roundhouse (dwelling)|round house]]s of [[wattle and daub]], mud and wood were built around 500-400 BC,<ref name="EHH">{{Cite web |title=History of Carn Euny |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/carn-euny-ancient-village/history/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=English Heritage}}</ref> and replaced by stone houses starting in the 1st century BC. Some of these stone houses were "replaced with larger, stone ‘courtyard’ houses" between 200-400 AD,<ref name="EHH" /> the remains of which are the ruins still visible above ground as the older roundhouses are only left as sub-surface ruins.<ref name="EHD">{{Cite web |title=Description of Carn Euny |url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/carn-euny-ancient-village/history/description/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=English Heritage}}</ref> Seven single-room stone houses, of both a round and oval form, and three courtyard houses are in evidence; courtyard houses only being found in Cornwall.<ref name="EHD" />

The most important structure of the site is the [[fogou]] (''Ogo'' being [[Cornish language|Cornish]] for cave),<ref name="EHD" /> a man-made underground passage which is covered with massive stone slabs. Fogous can be found in other places in the UK and Ireland, and are known more generally as [[souterrain]]s. Their purpose is unclear. The fogou at Carn Euny is in particularly good condition and consists of a 20 m long corridor, with a side passage that leads to a round stone chamber with a collapsed roof, and a small tunnel which may be a second entrance.<ref>[http://www.stonepages.com/england/carneuny.html ''Carn Euny''] at [http://www.stonepages.com/home.html Stone Pages]</ref>

At this time the people of Carn Euny lived from agriculture, livestock, trade, and perhaps [[Tin mining in Britain|tin mining]]. Evidence of farming here includes 40 acres enclosed within a field boundary, which is most likely the area farmed by this settlement.<ref name="EHH" /> The inhabitants likely grew oats, barley and rye, and kept sheep, [[British Primitive Goat|goat]]s and cattle.<ref name="EHH" /> The courtyard houses "may have been used for stabling livestock, crop processing and outdoor cooking."<ref name="EHD" />