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Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm

England
List entry 1006698
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006698
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SW 42311 33781
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

West Lanyon Quoit is a Neolithic portal dolmen situated approximately 380 metres south-west of Lanyon Farm in Cornwall. The monument consists of a substantial capstone supported by upright stone pillars arranged in the characteristic portal dolmen configuration, a burial structure type that flourished during the Neolithic period, roughly 4000 to 3000 BC. The site represents an important example of megalithic funerary architecture in Cornwall, reflecting the monumental building practices and burial customs of early farming communities in south-west Britain. Portal dolmens such as West Lanyon Quoit were constructed to contain burial deposits and likely served as visible territorial and ceremonial markers within the prehistoric landscape.

Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006698. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm?

West Lanyon Quoit is a Neolithic portal dolmen situated approximately 380 metres south-west of Lanyon Farm in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006698.

Who is responsible for protecting Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm?

Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm 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 1006698.

What other scheduled monuments are near Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Choone Cross, 220m WNW of Choone Farm (9.1 km), Nun Careg Cross, 400m south-west of Boleigh Farm (9.2 km), Wayside cross base 125m west of the Merry Maidens stone circle (9.3 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

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

The bedrock under Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm

Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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