<< Our Photo Pages >> Bosporthennis Quoit - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in England in Cornwall
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bosporthennis QuoitCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Penzance Nearest Village: Zennor
Map Ref: SW43563654 Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.173271N Longitude: 5.592798W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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lucasn visited on 24th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 3
markj99 visited on 15th Oct 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Bosporthennis Quoit is one of the more unusual quoits, sat on a small mound. There is a large open chamber on top of the mound. A capstone on the quoit has been carved into a millstone but left in situ.
Bladup ocifant cazzyjane Bolstered have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 3
Of the chamber itself four uprights of the chamber remain along with the capstone which has fallen. Interestingly at some time in the past the capstone was adapted to a millstone but was never removed from the site.
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