Chun Quoit

Many thanks, Claude!

It took some serious cooperation to put that up there.

I doubt it, Ron. This coastal platform was forested, supported probably the same population as today and they would have been VERY eager to heave the pesky granite boulders to one side and get them out of the fields! So any excuse to pile them in a corner somewhere (for funeral or building purposes) would have been welcome; I'm quite sure of that ... although my theory appears nowhere in books about neolithic Cornwall!!

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Thank you very much, Narelle!

Beautiful landscape capture!

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Many thanks,
William!

shapes, colours and textures

That's great!!

Excellent !

C'est vraiment une grande merveille Andy, bon dimanche.

buonacoppi,
Gillou,
Erhard,
Jean,
Ulrich,
Mario,
Eunice,
Pam,
Jocelyne,
Mani thanks to you all!

Thank you Aschi!

They are fascinating!

Thank you, Rosa.
This is the only one in Cornwall where the capstone hasn't fallen over or off!

How did they do to put all these heave stones together ????

They were used to moving these heavy granite boulders because they had to clear the fields of them to plant anything at all! Muscle power and animal power! Anyway, they built up a mound of earth first and placed the stones on and around it. Then hollowed the centre for the burial and then re-covered the stones with smaller stones and more earth so that it would have looked exactly like a tumulus. (I think! I'm not an archaeologist!)

Here it is again...my favourite place to be buried, Andy ;)

Ian,
Steve,
Judith,
Betty,
Marie-claire,
Tanja,
Thank you all!

superbe dolmen ! ***********

deze zal je toch zeker ook wel hebben beklommen.....?

Far too important and precious to climb over it.

Photo très intéressante. Nicole.

Pat,
Annick,
Fred,
Nicole,
Thank you all!

Thank you, Philippe!

great!

Karlheinz,
Nora,
Annemarie,
Very many thanks!

A magical image Andy................I'd never heard the word "quoit" in this context before. Every day is a school day on here..!!

Thank you, Keith. It's simply the Cornish word for Dolmen, only used in Cornwall.

Cheers mate...........I eventually figured that out after a bit of googling ;-))

Thank you, Ernest!

Amazing. But not my idea of "cute" though :)

Many thanks, micritter!
I see what you mean, but it is 'cuter' than some of the other behemoths!