Chûn Quoit

Chûn Quoit is one of the best preserved of all Neolithic quoits (also called dolmens or cromlechs) in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom [1]. Chûn Quoit is located in open moorland near Pendeen and Morvah [1]. Standing on a ridge, near the much later constructed Chûn Castle hill fort, it overlooks heather moorland and the open sea [1]. Like the other quoits, the quoit was probably covered by a round barrow, of which much evidence abounds [1]. It was a closed chamber and its mushroom-domed capstone measures 3.3 m (11 ft) by 3 m (10 ft), with a maximum thickness of 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) [1]. There is a cup mark on top of the capstone [1]. It is supported about 2 m (7 ft) from the ground by four substantial slabs [1]. The site was examined in 1871 but no significant finds were made [1].