Carwynnen Quoit

Carwynnen Quoit
Rod Allday · CC BY-SA 2.0

Carwynnen Quoit is a Neolithic portal dolmen located at Carwynnen near Camborne in west Cornwall, England[1]. The monument, also known as 'The Giant's Quoit', 'The Giant's Frying Pan', 'Pendarvis Quoit' and 'Pendarves Quoit', is one of only a handful of such ancient structures in Cornwall[1]. The structure collapsed in 1966, remaining in ruins until a community-led restoration project re-erected it in 2014[2]. This ancient monument represents a rare surviving example of Neolithic funerary architecture in South-West England[1].

TypeDolmen
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates50.1885° N, 5.2938° W

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