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Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit

England
List entry 1006745
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006745
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SW4297433677
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lanyon Quoit is a chambered long barrow located near Madron in west Cornwall, England, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument comprises a stone burial chamber consisting of large upright stones supporting a massive capstone, which originally formed part of a longer earthen mound that has largely disappeared. The surviving megalithic chamber represents a type of collective burial architecture characteristic of Neolithic funerary practice in southwestern Britain, where the prominent capstone has made this example particularly notable and visible in the landscape. The site was partially reconstructed in the nineteenth century after partial collapse, and it remains one of Cornwall's most recognisable prehistoric monuments.

Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006745. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit?

Lanyon Quoit is a chambered long barrow located near Madron in west Cornwall, England, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006745.

Who is responsible for protecting Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit?

Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006745.

What other scheduled monuments are near Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle (9 km), Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm (9 km), Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm (9.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 180m north of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
9 km
Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm
9 km
Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm
9.1 km
Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
9.2 km
Base slab of a medieval wayside cross, 110m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle
9.2 km
Standing stone 335m west of the Merry Maidens Stone Circle
9.2 km
The Merry Maidens (or Dawns Men) stone circle
9.2 km
Prehistoric entrance grave 900m north west of Tregiffian Farm
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit

Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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