Lanyon Quoit dolmen. This prehistoric megalithic structure, which dates from the Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) is located in West Cornwall, UK, near the ro
Lanyon Quoit dolmen. This prehistoric megalithic structure, which dates from the Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) is located in West Cornwall, UK, near the road between the villages of Madron and Morvah. It is sited at the northern end of a large 'long barrow' burial site. This alignment is not the original one, as the stones collapsed during a storm in October 1815, with one of the four uprights broken. The structure was re-erected in 1824. The capstone is a large granite block weighing tons. This view looks north-east with the Greenburrow pumping engine house (1865) of the Ding Dong tin mines on the skyline at upper right.
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