Portal-Dolmen
The Dolmen shows the entrance to a neolithic burial chamber,3500 BC.
This one is called Lanyan Quoit in Cornwall UK .It has three support stones and a capstone weighing 12 tons.
In the eighteenth century the Quoit had four support stones and the structure was tall enough for a person on a horse to ride under.
On 19th October 1815 it fell down in a storm and one stone was badlly damaged. It was re-erected 9 years later with three upright stones..
Portal-Dolmen
The Dolmen shows the entrance to a neolithic burial chamber,3500 BC.
This one is called Lanyan Quoit in Cornwall UK .It has three support stones and a capstone weighing 12 tons.
In the eighteenth century the Quoit had four support stones and the structure was tall enough for a person on a horse to ride under.
On 19th October 1815 it fell down in a storm and one stone was badlly damaged. It was re-erected 9 years later with three upright stones..