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Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock

England
List entry 1006705
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006705
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
SW9658269605
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pawton Quoit is a portal dolmen located near Haycrock in Cornwall, England. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and consists of a stone burial chamber constructed with massive orthostatic slabs supporting a capstone, characteristic of portal dolmen architecture found across south-western Britain. The structure represents an important example of megalithic funerary practice during the early farming communities of prehistoric Cornwall. Portal dolmens of this type typically served as communal burial monuments and were often covered by earth or stone cairns, though weathering and antiquarian activity have significantly altered the original form of many such structures.

Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006705. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock?

Pawton Quoit is a portal dolmen located near Haycrock in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006705.

Who is responsible for protecting Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock?

Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock 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 1006705.

What other scheduled monuments are near Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm (6.1 km), Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs (6.6 km), Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (7 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
6.1 km
Inchs Cross, 200m south-west of Inchs
6.6 km
Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm
7 km
Large multivallate hillfort with two bowl barrows known as Castle-an-Dinas, 335m north of Tresaddern Bungalow
7.5 km
Churchyard cross in St Columb Major churchyard, 12m east of the church
7.9 km
Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church
7.9 km
Holy well NW of Roche Station
8.1 km
Three bowl barrows between 120m and 820m south of Brynn Barton Cottage
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock

Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Portal Dolmen known as 'Pawton Quoit', 325m north west of Haycrock

Battle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~11 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~12.1 milesBattle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Pawton, Cornwall →
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