Lanyon Quoit Dolmen

Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen near Penzance. A dolmen, also known as a cromlech, portal tomb, portal grave or quoit, is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone ("table"), although there are also more complex variants. Most date from the early Neolithic (4000-3000 BCE). Dolmens were typically covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus. In many instances, that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone “skeleton” of the burial mound intact.

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Quoit, Dolmen, Cromlech, cromlech example, lanyon quoit, lanyon quoit example, penzance, penzance example, portal grave, portal tomb

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Death Care, Prehistoric Europe, United Kingdom Buildings and Monuments

Source

John H. Finley ed. Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia (vol. 3) (New York, NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1917) 465

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