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Partially excavated quoits in United Kingdom · Mysteria

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Partially excavated quoits in United Kingdom

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Lanyon Quoit

Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic

Penwith portal dolmen — 5.5 m capstone (12 t) on three 1.5 m uprights, collapsed 1815 and reset lower.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Chûn Quoit

Early Neolithic · Penwith Early Neolithic

Hilltop Penwith quoit — intact 4-post portal dolmen with mushroom capstone above Chûn Castle, most complete in Cornwall.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Coetan Arthur — Newport Bay

Early Neolithic · Western Neolithic

Coetan Arthur — Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Western Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Lanyon Quoit — Madron

Early Neolithic (3500 BCE), collapsed 1815 re-erected · Cornish Neolithic

Lanyon Quoit — Madron in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3500 BCE), collapsed 1815 re-erected megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Chûn Quoit — Chun Down

Early Neolithic (3500 BCE) · Penwith Neolithic

Chûn Quoit — Chun Down in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Penwith Neolithic.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Zennor Quoit — West Penwith

Early Neolithic · Cornish Neolithic

Zennor Quoit — West Penwith in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.