Cornwall - Prehistoric Monuments
Chun Quoit - Portal Dolmen
Chun Quoit , a Neolithic Portal Dolmen / Chambered Tomb , has the appearance of a giant Mushroom
The closed chamber is formed by 4 large upright leaning stone slabs topped with a massive 8.8 ton Capstone.
The stone chamber was used for communal burials in the Neolithic period ( 3000BC - 4000BC )
and has the best preserved chamber in Cornwall .
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Location - West Cornwall - Lands End Penninsula / West Penwith
Parking on the B3318 south of Pendeen at Woon Gumpus Common.
FP to the Quoit / and Chun Castle ( a fine - stone built - Iron Age Fort ) on the high ground above /
also Boswens Menhir to the south near the Air traffic control station.
Ref: 2633.4
Date: 23/12/2015
Location: SW 4022 3396