Zennor Quoit

Zennor Quoit is a ruined megalithic burial chamber or dolmen, located on a moor about a mile east of the village of Zennor, Cornwall, England [1]. Aside from the 12.5-tonne roof, which collapsed some time between 1770 and 1865, the chamber is in good condition [1]. The quoit measures 12.8 metres in total in diameter [1]. The chamber itself consists of seven upright stones and was originally covered by a cairn [1]. The chamber dates to between 2500 and 1500 BC and is one of eight remaining quoits on the West Penwith moors [1]. Archaeological evidence unearthed on the site has indicated that the chamber was used for the burial of bodies which at some point would be cremated and removed and replaced with others [1]. Excavations at the site have revealed flint and Neolithic style pottery and cremated bones [1]. In 1754 and in 1769, before the roof had fallen, the quoit was analysed by the antiquary Dr. William Borlase, who described and provided detailed drawings of it and published some of his findings in his Antiquities of Cornwall [1].