Location: Morvah, Cornwall.
Photographer: Dan Santillo
Keywords: Tourist Historic Buildings/Sites Inland Rocks Corn/Penwith
File Size: 60MB
Black & white close up image of Lanyon Quoit Dolmen burial chamber Madron Morvah near Penzance Penwith West Cornwall South West England UK is one of the best known Cornish quoits this dolmen collapsed during a storm in 1815 and was reconstructed nine years later the reconstruction was not accurate due to one of the uprights breaking during the collapse and only three were reused so it is lower than before In fact until the 18th century it was possible to sit on horseback beneath it the capstone is approximately 2.7 x 5.25metres weighing 13.5 tons the chamber height is about 2m closeup; close-up; B&W; Monochrome; atmospheric; Neolithic Stones; moorland; ancient; old; aged; site; burial; marker; stones; balancing; mysterious; unusual; dramatic sky; clouds; landmark; scenic; atmospheric; capstone; granite; mausoleum; cenotaph; grave; tomb; megalithic; megalith; barrow; monument; longstone; stone; archaeological; ley; line; stone; age; grass; heritage; historic; historical; history; tourist attraction; tourism; holiday; vacation; travel; National Trust; NT; horizontal; landscape; Cornish; Kernow; Westcountry; West Country; SW England; Britain; British; Great Britain; GB; United Kingdom