Zennor Quoit
Zennor Cromlech · Sperris Quoit
Early Neolithic·Penwith Early Neolithic·🇬🇧 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
About
About Zennor Quoit
Large portal dolmen on Zennor Hill, Penwith Moors: five uprights (to 1.2 m) supporting collapsed 4.8 m capstone slipped to southeast over 3.5 × 1.8 m chamber within 12.8 m mound with kerb. Ante-chamber with portal stones intact. Built c.3500 BCE. Notoriously disturbed by early digging and collapse, now ruinous but impressive for massive capstone. Adjacent Sperris and Pennance quoits form cluster.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Capstone slip timing — Neolithic failure or later?
Theories
- 01Prototype for Penwith quoit series
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Penwith Early Neolithic
- Purpose
- Portal dolmen within round mound
- Abandoned
- Late Neolithic
- Rediscovered
- Borlase 1769, disturbed
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1100 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
50.1915° N · 5.5590° W · 200 m · 1 mapped feature
Ante-chamber portal
portalTwo portal stones at SE entrance
50.1915° N · 5.5590° W
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